I'm stumbling over the example: > I was overseeing generators in theater, and the one powering the mortuary facility had failed. ... I didn’t have HVAC experti

I'm stumbling over the example: > I was overseeing generators in theater, and the one powering the mortuary facility had failed. ... I didn’t have HVAC expertise or the necessary parts. > I had two choices: initiate a long contracting process to hire a civilian technician It sounds like the author couldn't have repaired the generator even if they had the right to do so? Or was this the kind of thing where they could have "figured it out" or carried a few spare parts?