PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 310
SEPTEMBER 1978
I
The latest luxury car
Leather coats .
.. and
$300
boots.
X's .
.. circle X's .
.. dashes .
..
and diagonals.
What do those things have in
common? They're all sta±us sym-
bols fr somebody. But whiLe that
car or coat or those boots may not
be status symbols tomorROw, the
4
status symbols For Army
equipment ²auLts are gonna be
around fr a whiLe. So make sure
you know them aLL.
You've probabLy got no swe³t
on using X's, dashes and diagon´
µ
a¶s.
·
¸ots oF peopLe, though, treat
the circLe X Like a bad case oF ¹u
º
something to avoid.
But the circle X status sym»ol
is just as haNdy ¼
³Nd jUst ³s
avail³»le to you ¼
as the other
3
sym»ols½
60
Your equipment has a ¾uLt that a Message or Letter ¿om higher HQ
or a locaL Letter, reg or SÀP ÀKed fr a circLe X status symboL;
•
You get word on a Limited urgent ÁWÀ that says you can operate the
equipmeNt uNder certain LimitatioNs untiL the ÁWÀ can be appLied;
•
You Ând a ¾ult that poses a saÃety or operatioNal pro»Lem onLy under
speciÄc coNditions.
EQUIPMeNT iNSPECTION AND MAInTENANCE WORKSHE±
(fm JB-7'0)
Yu -
t
operaR c±w
chief or mechAnic -
cAn Asig A ci²le
x
s
Sbl
i
tE
DA,'± ²³. 24´4
f³ulT mATcH´ tE ci²le
x
deFniµon
Bu
your
COµ Cd¶s
±p±¶· or
hiG
r
comMAnd
LFr
WTN&S·! ¸<¹5º»le¼
-
acIR
1²s³´cµ¶o ·
1½¾J¿
IAW
PÀMÁGÂ]ÃÄÅ ÆÇÈ
ÉÊ-Ë
Ì Í
¸mIoN´
And clEA¹
Í
ºu»P
mEnT
fr
o¼½oN.
1-±²SE
±
·
¸¹ºa»k¼
,
½j¾.
³3
ÎÏÐ
'8 lt
¿
´µ CPefTF/L¶
²
·:¸¹º»¼ 7 ½ ¾¿À uÁÂ
Ñ
³
IN ÅÆÇÈE
Ã
CÉÈes Ê yoU ¼ tÆe
ÇËErÉÌÇrÊ ÍÎÏÏÐ CÑErÒÊ Óe-
CÆaNiC Çr ÓÉiNteNÉNCe ÈUper-
viÈÇr ¼ CaN ÉssiGN a CirCÑe
X
sÅÉtUs symboÑ Åo a ¾UÑtÔ
ÕUt yoU caNNot set the Ñimita-
tioNs or cÑear the eÖuipment fr
oËErÉtioN oN tÆat statuÈ symboL.
6Ä
ÀNÑy yoUr ×À or the ×À's desigØ
ÀquÁpÂÃÄt dÅÁlY ÆÇ ÂÆÄthly lÈG
ÉÊ ËÌÍÎ 24Ï
Nated reËreseNtÉtÙvE CÉN ÈEt tÆe
ÑiÓitatioNs aND CÑear ÅÆe EÖUiË-
MeNt Úr oËerÉtioNÔ ÎND ÇNÑy ÅÆe
×À CaN DowNGraDe a ¾Ult ÛÇÓ
an
X
to a circÑe
X
sÅaÅUÈ.
The circÑe
X
is jUÈÅ aNoÅÆEr
staÅus symboÑ ¼ useÜl wÆeN yoU
need it ¼ as ÑoNg as you ÆÉnDÑe
witÆ care!
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