PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-583
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 583
JUNE 2001
UNITED STATES ARMY
THE CHIEF OF STAFF
January 5, 2001
To the Staff of PS Magazine
On behalf of The Army staff and “soldiers on point”, congratulations to the staff of PS
Magazine for five decades of promoting the critical job of maintaining Army equipment.
Through 50 years and 583 issues, PS has helped carry the preventive maintenance banner
by publishing information to help commanders keep their equipment combat ready. The
innovative format and useful information has assisted several generations of soldiers and
maintenance personnel to better understand the equipment of the world’s finest Army.
In The Army today, there is no more important question than the one PS asks every
month: “Would you stake your life—right now— on the condition of your equipment?” PS
has been helping soldiers answer that question for many years and we hope you will contin-
ue to provide the answers for many years to come.
Congratulations on a job well done!
UNITED STATES ARMY
THE SERGEANT MAJOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20310-0200
January 19, 2001
To the Staff of PS Magazine
Congratulations, MSG Half-Mast and PS staff, on achieving your 50-year milestone. Your
achievement shows the preventive maintenance message has endured the test of time and
serves as a starting point for meeting the maintenance challenges of the 21st Century.
As the Sergeant Major of the Army and a tanker by trade, the phrase, “the more things
change, the more they remain the same” has great meaning to me. The tanks that rolled
across Korea didn’t have the speed or firepower of today’s Abrams tank. Yet, they got the
job done for the same reason—daily preventive maintenance. PS Magazine gets that
message across in plain language and humor of the people who are responsible for keeping
the equipment running. In turn, our wrench turners, maintenance NCOs, and support folks
are on the cutting edge.
PS Magazine has been with me throughout my career. I have used it to identify parts,
review a maintenance procedure, as a training aid, and as a supplement to my equipment
technical manuals. I believe PS should be mandatory reading for all Soldiers and the question
PS poses every month, “Would you stake your life—right now—on the condition of your
equipment?” should challenge Soldiers daily.
I salute you on achieving 50 years of maintenance and support excellence.
PS 583
JUN 01
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND
5001 EISENHOWER AVENUE, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22333-0001
AMCCG
5 January 2001
MEMORANDUM FOR The Staff of The Preventive Maintenance Monthly
SUBJECT: PS Magazine 50
th
Anniversary
1. Congratulations on your upcoming 50
th
anniversary. Three generations of men and
women in uniform have learned from and prospered by the preventive maintenance and
supply information provided by PS Magazine.
2. Equipment has changed greatly in the past 50 years, but the need to properly maintain it has
not varied. PS Magazine has proudly promoted one theme over the entire half-century: “We
have the world’s best equipment, take care of it.”
3. In my career, I’ve been able to view PS as a user of the information within its pages and then
as a producer of that information. As a unit commander, I always valued PS as a maintenance
tool. Later, as Commander of the USAMC Materiel Readiness Support Activity, where PS was
produced, I was proud to call PS “my magazine.” Now, as AMC Commander, I still call PS “my
magazine.” I’m still very proud of it and its value to the Army.
4. Best wishes for many more years of valuable service to the field soldier.
5. AMC-- Army Readiness Command… Supporting Every Soldier Every Day.
Eric K. Shinseki
General, United States Army
Jack L. Tilley
12th Sergeant Major of the Army
John G. Coburn
General, USA
Commanding
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