PS Magazine - APRIL 1985

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 389

APRIL 1985

PS Magazine - APRIL 1985 - Page 33 of 35
DA Form 2406
.±²
Dear Half-Mast,
Our unit's having trouble
with the DA Form
2406.
Can
you give us the guidelines
for reporting new equipmEnt,
substitute items, ±nd obsolete
eQuipment that's on-hand but
no longer authorized? If you
have a sub for a reportabl²
system, do you repoR the sub
as a system?
'\
Dear Sergeant W.R± U± ,
Go by Pa² C-2 of DA Pam 738³750± Report equipMent on the DA ForM
2406 only
i
its
LN
is listed in AppendI B, and the iteM has a code of A,
B, F, Tor U in the LCC coluMn of SB 700´20.
I
the
UN
is not in AppenµI B, the Model nuMber is not listed in SB 7¶´20,
or the LCC is not a reportable code, you don't repor· the equipMent on the
DA 240¸
¹f your ºTOE authorizes new equipMent to replace an older iteM»say,
a CUCV to replace each
I
14-ton truck»repo¼ the older iteM as a substitut½
until the new equipMent arrives± List the new iteM as authorized but not
on-hand, anµ the older iteM
a
on¾h¿nd but not authorÀzed. Áen you get
the new equipMent, keep reporting the older iteMs until you tu theM inÃ
that is, until they're oÄ your properÅ book.
I
you have a substitute for an iteM th¿t's reportable
a
a systeM, check
Section ¹ of AppendI B to see
i
the sub's
LN
is M¿rked with an asterisk.
¹f it is not, don't report the sub
a
a systeM.
I
your unit gets aN iteM so new it is not listed in SB 700Æ20, or
i
you
think an iteM's LCC is wrong, you can Çke your coMplaint to the headshed±
Pa²
1-9
of the SB tells how.
You can also suggest that an iteM of equipMent be aÈed to AppendI B
of DA PaM 738Æ750± Pa² CÆ9 of the DA PaM has the details. Use the saMe
channels to suggest equipMent for reporting as a systeM.
I
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