COMBAT SYSTEMS READINESS REVIEW

GROUP COMMANDER’S COMBAT SYSTEMS COORDINATION SUPPORT TEAM The group commander’s combat systems coord- ination support team (CSCST) assists in monitoring and assessing an individual unit’s combat systems organization and readiness during all combat systems readiness evolutions. During these evolutions, the CSCST conducts ship visits to evaluate and help de- velop shipboard programs to improve combat sys- tems readiness. Until permanent CSCST detachments are formed in individual home ports, group com- manders form CSCSTs from assets within the group and the ship’s home port. Specifically, the CSCST takes the following actions: Reviews combat systems administrative sup- port (i.e., technical manuals, CSTOMs, consolidated ship/station allowance list [COSAL], planned main- tenance system [PMS], general-purpose electronic test equipment [GPETE]), assesses progress during overhauls and ship restricted availabilities, conducts reviews of the combat systems integrated test plans (CSITPs), and supports CSPOE/CSORE. Evaluates and, when required, conducts tech- nical training to improve the ship’s force ability to light-off, test, operate, and maintain combat systems equipment. Evaluates the effectiveness of the ship’s elec- tronic readiness team. Assists in conducting the following CSTEP events: combat systems pre-overhaul assessment combat systems post-overhaul examina- tion combat systems operational readiness examination (phases I and II) NAVSEACEN COMBAT SYSTEMS READINESS ASSISTANCE Personnel from the NAVSEACEN provide engi- neering technical support and material services to forces afloat. They assist in conducting combat sys- tems readiness reviews (CSRRs) and provide tech- nical assistance for gun/missile/ASW battery and gunfire control/missile fire control/ASW fire control. These reviews are not the same as the technical assis- tance for repairs provided by fleet technical support centers (FTSCs). Instead, they provide assistance necessary to further the “self-reliance” of the ship’s force in improving the operational readiness of in- stalled ordnance. COMBAT SYSTEMS READINESS REVIEW The comprehensive combat systems readiness review (CSRR) helps the ship’s force to achieve a high state of combat systems readiness for deploy- ment. Implicit in this goal are the following objec- tives: To assess the readiness of the ship’s combat systems materiel and personnel and to report the status to appropriate seniors To help the ship’s force and the IUCs correct material problems To provide on-the-job (OJT) training for the ship’s force personnel and to improve the ship’s self- sufficiency ORDNANCE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TEAM The ordnance special assistance team (ORDSAT) consists of several technicians, both military and ci- vilian, highly trained in various fire-control systems. The team’s primary purpose is to instruct the ship’s force in how to maintain its own equipment, thereby 4-8