PS Magazine - JULY 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 308
JULY 1978
1.
If you set up your files by AR 340-6, Maintenance and Disposition of Records
in Organic Units of the Active Army (Sep 74), better start unsetting. ThatAR
was rescinded± Now you go by AR 340²2³and the file numbers do not
necessarily match!
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Appendix 'A of AR 340µ2 tells you the number, contents and how long you
hold onto each file. ¶Course· most of those files you¸Ll never see. All you nee¹ are
the files that apply to your operationºlike section
X
»f Appendix A for
maintenance and supply shops.
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M os
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fileS yOu' kE²p ar³ ,c´Rµd bY;
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file
nUmB¶· ¸¹UºLL
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But some filesÄlike fiLe number 1420²02 for logbook files or Å420Æ12 for
mainÇenance r
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equest fiLesºare covered by TM 38É750. TM 38²750 wants those
Êiles thrown Ëut at the end of the required timeºusuallyÌ counting froÍ the
date you tooK the last action on Îhe individual form. So yÏu need to go through
those files more often.
Ðet
a
cÑpy of AR Ò40Æ2 and bone up on it. ÓighÔr level organizationÕ use ÖR
340Æ18²14± Make sure you keep what you needºand only what you need×
where yØu need it±
If you worK with DA Cir
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750Æ52, Úquipment OÛerationally Ready (OÜ)
Standards ÝuÞ 77), watch it! ßara 4c oÊ the circular àan lead you astray±
Read para 4c this way: "ßrepare and send in a áA âoãm 2406 on all itäms you
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have that are Listed in Appendix C of TM å8²750± æor those çppendix C items
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aLso listed in DA Cèé 750²52, you can measure your equipment performance bY
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coêparing youë reaìiness status for each item with the standards in table
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DA Cir 750²52 does not overruLe Appendix CofíM 38Æ750. It jîst gives you
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established DA²type OR sïandards so you can compare your readiness with the
rest of the Army±
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ðou still report all the items you have that are Listed in Appendix Cñ
òhether or not they aró covered in the circuLar ±
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