PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 384
NOVEMBER 1984
Half-Mast reTurned Fom an extended field exeRcise the otheR day and im±
mediately assembled the PS team.
"I sure have to agree with the Chief of Sta² about one t³ing,´ he said, then
paused, deep in thought.
µiNally, Windy broke t³e¶sileNce: "Well, he'Ll cer·ainly be oVeRjoyed to hear
that.'' He ducked behind Connie to escape t³e blisteRing g¸are HaLf¹Mast leVeL-
ed at him.
"º³e Chief of STa» says today's Army is the finest ³e has seen in his
years of service,´ Half-Mast continued. "EverythiNg I see backs up that
opinion .
.. aNd I've been arouNd a ¼w years myse¸f.
"ºoday's troopers are proud .
.. alert .
.. aggressive. And½as we weLl know¾
they'Re quick to ask questions ¿³en equipmeNt and systems don't woRk the way
theY're supposed to. º³ey have some good ideas on just about anythiÀgÁand
theY're quick to taÂk about them.
"ÃoÄ, ¿³at we've got to do is to persuade more of t³em to put their ideas
iN wÅtÆg sO T³e dzO¸e ÈrÉy caN
beNefiÊ fËOÉ T³eir eXÌeÍieNceÎ aND sUgÏ
gesTioNs. ºÐere's Never BeeN a ÉOÍe
ÑvoraBÒe c¸iÉaTe Ór iDÔas, ÎUggeÎTiONs,
iNNOvaTiOÕÎ .Ö. Ne¿ cOÕceÌTs×
ØØÙveÚ e¸eÉeÕT Of TÐe ÈÍÉY iÎ beNDÛ
iÕG OVer bacKwarD TO ÉeeT TÐe iÉÛ
ÉeDiaTe aÕD ¸ONgÜraNge NeeDs oÝ TÐe
fieÒD TrOOÌerÎ. ÞoU caN see T³e reÎU¸Ts
eVeryw³ere YoU ¸Ookß àÉÌrOveD TraiNÏ
iNg Devices aND áci¸iTieÎ; ÍeÎÌOÕsive
sUÌÌÒâ aND ÉaiNTeNaNce assisTaNce,
cOÉ̸eTe wiTÐ oNãsite ÎÌecia¸iÎTs aNd
äåºæàÃÙç; sÌecia¸ iNitiaTives, sUcÐ as
T³e MaiNTeNaNce MaNageÉeNT IÉÛ
èroveÉeNT érêgram, TÐe çUÌ̸Y aND
MaiNteNaNce AssessÉeNT aND ëeview
ºeaÉ, aND oT³ersÖ
"ºÐe eqUiÌÉeNT DesigNers aND
sÌecialisTs are rea¸¸y ³UNgì fír feeDÏ
bacKî ço are t³e ÌUb¸icaTiONs ÌeOÌleï
aND t³OÎe wÐo Deve¸oÌ sUÌ̸Y aND
ÉaiNTeNaNce ÌrOceDUresÖ''
ðÈre T³e TrOoÌs ³ñviNg aNY ÌaÍTicu¸ar
ÐaÕgUÌs ON TÐe òedbacK fírÉs?´ asóÏ
eD ôONNie.
ØØõe¸¸, TÐe çµ
368
sOrT OÝ scares ØeÉö
We a¸so Need TO eÉÌÐasize T³e Use Of
T³e ÷È µorÉ
2028
aND
2028-2
fír
reÌOrTiÕG ÌUB¸icaTiON errOrs, ̸UÎ TÐe
UÎe Of çMÈëº c³aNNe¸Î fír ÎUggesø
tiONÎ oN imÌrOviÕg ¸OgisTics.
"ºOdaY's Troopers aÍe sÐO¿iNg T³eir
aùi¸iú To coÌe ¿it³ aNy TaÎK T³eY're
giveN. à'm sUre TÐey caN ÍUN wiT³ T³e
ba¸¸ ON ûiÎ, TOO, iÝ ¿e caN cOÉüNicaTe
tO T³eÉ ³O¿ iÉÌorÊaNT T³eiÍ iDeas are.
"ýeT'Î give iT a gO!´
(See Operation FeEdback onPage 29.)
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