Analysis of the Proposed Use of Minuteman Missile Combat Crew Members as Maintenance Extenders.

This thesis determined the practicality of Minuteman Missile Combat Crew Members MCCMs performing maintenance in Minuteman Launch Control Centers LCCs. The investigation was accomplished by an analysis of literature on MCCM maintenance performance, analysis of survey results, and analysis of maintenance data from the Minuteman wings. The survey solicited the attitudes and suggestions of Minuteman maintenance and operations personnel. The survey results were stored on a data base system and cross-referenced by different categories to investigate specific hypotheses. A spreadsheet program determined category percentages and formatted tables. Hypotheses were supported or not supported based upon responses to specific survey questions by groups of respondents. The spreadsheet program was also used to compare and contrast the maintenance data from different Minuteman wings to determine the average annual number of maintenance actions that could be performed by MCCMs at each wing. The results of the survey responses and the maintenance data were used to determine the practicality of the idea. The results indicate the performance of minor LCC maintenance by Minuteman MCCMs to be a practical use of manpower resources and suggests that the necessity for this utilization of MCCMs varies between the different Minuteman wings.