Mike Levin: “I agree. This language requires that during peacetime the public depots perform certain types of depot maintenance…”

“I agree. This language requires that during peacetime the public depots perform certain types of depot maintenance workloads necessary to retain the capability to maintain mission essential weapon systems, and that sufficient amounts of work should be assigned to these depots in order to ensure that the personnel necessary to perform the maintenance are operating efficiently. This does not mean that the Department would be required to perform maintenance on all mission essential weapon systems within public depots; it simply requires that the Department retain a capability to maintain this equipment, should it become necessary.”