ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Depot Chief of Staff Phillip Trued spoke to the Anniston Kiwanis Club April 3 at the Anniston Country Club.

Trued gave an overview of the installation's mission and role within the U.S. military then brought the group up-to-date on current operations and workforce numbers.

In 2008, ANAD peaked in workload with 6.9 million man hours. This fiscal year the total will be close to 3.5 million man hours and 2.5 million man hours of work is planned for next year.

"Our workload changes consistently," said Trued. "The FY15 numbers will be different next week and next month."

Trued also spoke to the group about the depot's focus on modernizing operations.

Since 2003, $639 million in improvements have been made on the installation. Trued broke down the numbers by facilities improvements, $378 million, and equipment, $281 million.

"We continue to make improvements to the depot to make sure it is ready to support any conflict, today or tomorrow," said Trued.

Part of being ready, according to Trued, is staying focused on the installation's goals of quality products, a quality work environment for employees, a staff of employees suited for the size and type of the mission, energy efficiency and additional updated facilities.