PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-580

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 580

MARCH 2001
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-580 - Page 32 of 32
Army Award for Maintenance Excellence
T
he Army Award for Maintenance Excellance (AAME) program recognizes unit
maintenance program excellence in support of unit missions.
✓
Competing units must submit the newly revised Phase I AAME nomination
package through command channels to their major command (MACOM).
✓
MACOM-approved AAME packages must get to the US Army Ordnance
Center and School (USAOC&S), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, by
15 December following the end of the fiscal year (FY) of competition. For
example, FY01 AAME packages must arrive at the USAOC&S by 15 Dec 01.
✓
The new Phase I AAME nomination package format is both short and easier
to complete. Check it out at the HQDA ODCSLOG web site by clicking on the
AAME button. The new format will be in the new AR 750-1,
Army Materiel
Maintenance Policy and Retail Maintenance Operations
.
✓
Top AAME winners become nominees for the Secretary
of Defense Maintenance Award.
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Battery Post Washers 5986
Mechanics, you can help prevent corrosion
from forming on all lead-acid batteries by
adding a felt washer to battery posts before
installing the cable clamps. The washer absorbs
moisture and keeps the post clean and dry. NSN
5970-01-101-4147 brings 100 felt washers.
Getting Pure Argon
The Army has had trouble controlling the purity of the argon gas used with Stinger missile sys-
tems so it’s going to single-source supply. Argon not 99.998 percent pure hurts the Stinger’s
cryogenics and causes self- test faults. Units now must order 100 percent argon, NSN 9135-00-
882-1793, directly from Kelly Air Force Base, TX. For ordering info, contact Elena Barron at (210)
925-4844, DSN 945-4844, fax - 8048, or e-mail:
elena.barron@kelly.af.mil
.
Collimator Lamp 5324
Need a replacement lamp for the collima-
tor, NSN 1240-00-757-3291, on your
weapon system's azimuth test fixture,
NSN 4931-00-769-1596? You won't find
the NSN in any parts manual. Get the
lamp with NSN 6240-00-617-1713.
M40/M42 Mask Repair Kits 5955
Some M40/M42-series masks have loose or separated nosecup valve seats, which fog the eye-
lenses. A repair kit is available for NBC NCOs to fix bad valve seats. To get the kit, fax SBCCOM's
Sam Carter at (410) 436-6533, DSN 584-2149, or fax -2149. E-mail him at
samuel.carter@sbc-
com.apgea.army.mil
. He needs your name, shipping address, phone number, and the number
of valve seats needed.
HMMWV 2-Man Camo Curtain
A sharp reader noted that we left the 2-man crew curtain assembly out of the listing of wood-
land camouflage covers and doors for HMMWVs on Page 5 of PS 575 (Oct 00). Get the assembly
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