Applicability.

This pamphlet applies to all Active Army, Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS), and U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) units performing a food service mission in the absence of an automated information management system. During mobilization, the proponent may modify chapters and procedures contained in this pamphlet. The procedures in this pamphlet are not applicable to cadet mess dining facilities at United States Military Academies. Academies are governed by DOD 7000.14–R, volume 12, chapter 20.

Purpose

This pamphlet provides information and manual procedures for the operation and management of the Army Food Program. This includes subsistence supply and food service programs in both garrison and field operations. Army Regulation (AR) 30–22 contains policy for the Army Food Program. Administrative procedures in this pamphlet are for manual operations. Forms prescribed by this pamphlet are standardized and are to be prepared as specified. Submit requests to use other than these standard forms to Army Center of Excellence, Subsistence (ACES).

The manual procedures in this pamphlet are the basis for defining automated procedures and developmental actions. Primary food service functions have been automated as part of the Army Food Management Information System (AFMIS) or the United States Army Reserve (USAR) automated food management system. USAR units operating under the USAR automated food management system will follow the procedures contained in the applicable users' manual. Installations using AFMIS use instructions contained in the following automated data systems manuals (ADSM) to perform those functions that are automated:

(1) Army Information Standards Management (AISM) 18–L37AJK ATTEM1 (TROOP ISSUE SUBSISTENCE ACTIVITY (TISA))

(2) AISM 18–L37AJK ATTEM2 (WAREHOUSE)

(3) AISM 18–L37AJK ATTEM3 (INSTALLATION FOOD ADVISOR)

(4) AISM 18–L37AJK ATTEM4 (DINING FACILITY OPERATIONS)

This pamphlet is intended for use by those Army National Guard (ARNG) and USAR food activities and operations lacking automation. It is also intended for use in the event of extended automation or power failures. Procedures that are not part of the automated systems (namely field feeding) are provided.