PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-607
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 607
JUNE 2003
imagine how handy it
would be to have your own
personal library, a place
filled with information
about the Army, your
career, education, finances
and benefits.
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Army Knowledge Online…
Set Up an Account
To access the AKO home page, go to:
Once there, you’ll need to register for an
account. Click on I’m a New User. Enter the
required information and submit it. After your
account is activated, you can go back to the home
page and sign in using your user name and your
password.
Gateway to the Army
AKO is known as the Army Portal. It’s a gate-
way with many links leading straight to informa-
tion, services and online tools-–all of it geared to
you, the soldier.
Here are some of AKO’s basic features:
•
Channels,
or small windows, that group similar kinds
of information.
•
Personal Pages
that you create to fit your needs.
•
Email and Instant Messenger.
•
Search Engine
that focuses on the
.mil
domain.
•
Online Tools and Storage Space.
World of Knowledge
One feature in particular can open up
a world of knowledge for you. It’s the
Reference drop-down menu, located
under “AKO Services” in the left-hand
column on the home page. The menu
has links to news articles and commen-
tary about defense, travel regulations,
legal services, desktop tools, pay rates
and more. You’ll find it especially help-
ful if you work in maintenance or sup-
ply. It’s your doorway to web sites for
publications, forms, Army regs, schools,
education and careers.
Publications and Forms
Here’s a closer look at finding
publications, regulations and forms
through AKO:
Open the Reference drop-down
menu under “AKO Services.” You’ll
see a number of links.
•
Click on the Pubs & Forms link to find
—Official DA, DOD, GSA and OPM forms.
—Doctrinal and training, engineering,
medical, and technical and equipment
publications.
•
Manuals links you directly to field
manuals in the General Dennis J. Reimer
Training and Doctrine Digital Library.
•
Libraries links you to the Army Library
Program and the Military Reading Room.
From there, you can track other links to
reading lists, E-Journals, Army newspapers,
newsletters and publications such as
Armor,
Army Aviation, Army Logistician, NCO
Journal, Signal,
and
PS, the Preventive
Maintenance Monthly.
•
The Regulations link takes you to a
web page for administrative publications,
including Army regulations.
it’s called
Army
Knowledge Online
(AKO), and it’s as close as
a personal computer and
the world wide web.
Register here for
an AKO account
The following
article describes
the Army Knowledge
Online portal as
presented by the
internet Explorer
browser.
Direct links to electronic publications
and forms
Reference drop-down
menu links you to
maintenance and
supply websites
you’ll find
ps magazine
at the
libraries
link!
Well, now you can
have your own library
at your fingertips.
A Voyage Through
Cyberspace
with the
Online Warrior
607. 56-57 (C)
4/24/03
4:59 PM
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