Which individual or agency is responsible for reporting the status of unit type codes (UTC) in the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) Reporting Tool (ART)?

• A. Installation personnel readiness (IPR).
• B. Installation deployment officer (IDO).
• C. Unit commander.
• D. Logistics plans flight.

Answer: (C)

The key idea is that the unit commander is the person who owns and certifies the unit’s readiness posture in the AEF ART. The unit commander has the authority over the unit’s personnel and equipment and is ultimately accountable for whether the unit can deploy as tasked. That accountability includes validating and submitting accurate UTC status data into ART, so higher headquarters receive a truthful picture of what is ready, what is short, and what remains to be filled.

Support roles like the installation personnel readiness office provide data, coordination, and process assurance, and the installation deployment officer helps with deployment logistics coordination. But the formal responsibility for reporting the unit’s UTC status in ART lies with the unit commander (or their designated representative acting on the unit’s behalf).