Supplies consumed in the maintenance and upkeep of the public service. Examples are oil, paint, fuel and cleaning and preserving materials. Supplies that lose their identity when used to repair or complete other items. Examples are assemblies, repair parts, and accessories. Durable property is personal property that is not consumed in use, does not require property book accountability, but because of its unique characteristics requires hand receipt control when issued to the user.
Examples are hammers, lawnmowers, audiovisual production material and books.
Conservation of resources and property accountability is ultimately a supervisory responsibility. Effective supply support at the using element or property book level requires timely and accurate processing of supply requests and receipts, accurate accounting records and adequate property control. Turn in, transfer, substitutions, hand receipt, etc., are accomplished in accordance with Army Regulations, AR 710-2 and logistical SOPs. Budgets must be programmed in advanced. When allocating funds consideration must be given to equipment replacement and upgrades, recurring supply needs TDYs, maintenance, contracts, etc.