JAX AIR NEWS, NASJACKSONVILLE, Thursday, March 13, 2008 5 Photo courtesy of FRCSE AM1 Trenson Weissgerber works in the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Satellite Production Control area. FRCSE establishes satellite production control to merge intermediate, depot maintenance By AT2(AW) Krystal Smith FRCSE Public Affairs LPO Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) established the first Satellite Production Control (SPC), a component of the Customer Service Division at the FRCSE Industrial Site ear- lier this year. SPC was designed to monitor and man- age the influx of avionics, hydraulic, and structural components from the FRCSE intermediate sites. With the merging of the former Naval Air Depot and Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Detachments, a new system of avionics equipment exchange was formed. The new system, Beyond Capable Maintenance Interdiction (BCMI), allows for the intermediate sites to send avion- ics, hydraulic, and structural components to the depot artisans at the industrial site without incurring the net price of a beyond capable maintenance (BCM) action. The BCMI is used as a work request from the intermediate site to the industrial site, saving from hundreds to thousands of dollars in repair costs. "Since the new SPC began, just a mere two months ago, the new system has saved FRCSE over $300,000," said AM1 Trenson Weissgerber, who helped establish the SPC. AMC Christopher Leech and Weissgerber, who lead the SPC, explained that SPC uses the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System to track components through the industrial site's system and are responsi- ble for ordering parts and maintaining the maintenance action forms. According to Leech, there is an average of 40 items monitored daily. Currently, the FRCSE industrial site receives BCMIs from the Jacksonville and Mayport inter- mediate sites and is in the process of updating capability for the Key West site as well. So, how does all this work? Weissgerber de-scribes the situation. A maintainer at FRCSE Site Jacksonville is working on a piece of equipment, and then, due to capability restrictions, the repair cannot be accomplished at the intermediate level site. This equipment would have been sent to the depot via the supply system under a BCM and would cost the site $2,000. Now, with the BCMI, the maintainer can send the piece of equipment directly to the industrial site for the depot artisans to fin- ish the repairs and the cost would be only $600. Also, the equipment does not have to be returned to the supply system to be deliv- ered to the industrial site. The intermedi- ate maintainer will insure delivery. This is cutting days, and sometimes weeks, off of the repair time. The BCMI system is also allowing for the depot artisans to branch away from doing a complete overhaul on a piece of equipment. Instead, they are fixing the problems only. This saves time and money. VS-22 holds change of command By Lt. Michael Gast VS-22 PAO C mdr. Stephen Fimple relieved Cmdr. Paul Foster as command- ing officer of VS-22 in an airborne change of command held on board USS George Washington (CVN 73) Feb. 23. Fimple received his commission through NROTC following his graduation from the University of Colorado in 1988, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He completed flight school in Pensacola, Fla. and was winged a naval flight officer in May 1990. He completed S-3A Viking flight and weapons systems training at VS-41 at NAS North Island in San Diego. in 1991. Fimple was then assigned to VS-35 where he deployed on board USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) with Carrier Air Wing 14 in support of Operation Southern Watch. In September 1994, Fimple reported to Sea Based Weapons and Advanced Tactics School, Pacific where he taught advanced air undersea warfare tactics and war-at- sea tactics for the S-3B Viking. Fimple was next assigned to Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group Five on board USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) from 1997-99 where he served as the air antisubmarine warfare officer and then as the assistant air operations officer. He was then forward deployed to VS- 21 in Atsugi, Japan from January 2000 to October 2002 where he served as the operations officer and maintenance officer and deployed with Carrier Air Wing Five on board USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). His previous assignment before join- ing VS-22 was with the Joint Staff, J-5 Directorate, Deputy Directorate for the War on Terrorism in Washington, DC from March 2004 to May 2006. 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