Reset is an evolving military term currently used to describe the equipment refurbishment process.
In current U.S. military terms, "reset" refers to "a series of actions to restore units to a desired level of combat capability commensurate with future mission requirements.
Initial funding from Congress was used to reset brigade combat teams involving about 4,000 soldiers and about 40,000 pieces of equipment returning from duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.
[1] Repair starts with an inspection followed by maintenance and possible replacement of some parts to bring equipment to original technical specifications.
[1] Timely funding would be designed to allow military depots to order repair parts in advance of equipment arrival.”[2] In 2007, The Washington Post described as "strategic reset" a proposal by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that took the form of "an unusually detailed public explanation of the new American effort to create a de facto alliance between Israel and moderate Arab states against Iranian extremism.