PS Magazine - MAY 1974
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 258
MAY 1974
,
YOUR HEARTFELT CONtRIBUtION
I
Ever hear of the "life cycLe" Of a piece Of ARmY ±quipment?
It's tHe item²s totaL peRiod of existence. Kind of an
³
evoLUtiOn, yoU
MigHt say´
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ton trUck, a ºUey»
¼Obra½each major
¾r¿y item Àas its
own LiFe cyÁLeÂ
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It²s tHe eqUipment²s Life ÃroM WÄen it
was conceived as an ideÅ, developed,
tested, manUfactUred and at Last pUt oUt
Ãor yoUR UseÆ THe Life cycLe ends wHen tHe
gear is finaLly JUnkedÇ
"Big deaLÈ ÉHere do I fit in?" yoU ask.
¶ight Here, oL² bUddyÇ ÊoU, the eqUipË
ment operator Or organizational mecHÌ
anic, are the veRy Heartbeat of that Life
cycLeÇ
The Army ÍUilt that piece Of eqUipË
ment aroUnd
yoUÎ
And Like a Living
"±
thing, its welL-being depeÏds On iÐs
heatbeatÑyOU. Òt coUld neveR have
been dreamed Up in the first place ÓitHÌ
oUt yoÔ in miÕdÇ In its deveLopment and
testinG yoU were Given first consideRaÖ
tiOn and fULl respect.
And now t×at yoUR eqUipment is
a
LivinG paRt Of yoUr Army, yoU²Re moRØ
impOrtant than eÙeRÆ Its opeRatinG liÚØ
depends On the way yoU ÓaRm Up its
cOld ØÛGinØ, thÜ way yOU dOwÛs×iÚt t×Ø
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