Diarmaid Murphy is an Army Officer in the Irish Defence Forces. Born in Dublin, he grew up in Kildare. Mr. Murphy originally joined the Irish Air Corps, training at Baldonnel Aerodrome. He was then accepted into Army officer training at the Military College and gained a Presidential Commission in the Irish Defence Forces, and a Diploma in International Military Studies. Having studied Transport Operations and Technology at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), he gained an honours degree with distinction and received the Wincanton Award upon conclusion of the course. The Army then assigned him as Officer in Charge of armoured maintenance in his Brigade. In this role, he managed workshops for the Irish Defense Forces, overseeing maintenance for his Brigade and much of the Irish Defense Forces vehicle fleet. In his active career in military transport and engineering, he has served as technical officer on purchasing boards; managed vehicle retrofit and modification programs; and supervised a wide variety of technical projects in telematics, post-accident analysis, fuel contamination and others. With considerable expertise in keeping a fleet of high performance vehicles on the road, Mr. Murphy has participated in projects and conferences with other nations operating a variety of military vehicles. He was also project manager on the restoration project for the Sliabh na mBan armoured Rolls Royce vehicle. Diarmaid Murphy also served in the Balkans as part of KFOR and in Lebanon with UNIFIL.
Introduction
Part 1 – Vehicle Purchasing
* General Considerations
* Stages in a Vehicle Purchase Project
* Project Additions and Modifications (Definition)
* Vehicle Component Modifications and Supply
* Ancillary Requirements
Part 2 – Maintenance System
* Vehicle Reliability
* Implementing Reliability Improvements
* Efficiency
* Evaluating the Maintenance System
* Maintenance Backlog
* Purchasing Additional Vehicles
* Types of Maintenance System
* Personnel
* Vehicle Disposal
Appendix 1: Vehicle Telematics
Appendix 2: Key Points
Appendix 3: Commonly Required Conversion Factors
References
Glossary
Index
