PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-619
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 619
JUNE 2004
Getting PS
in the Desert
Units which are deployed to Iraq
and have APO AE addresses use
the Army in Europe Publications
System (AEPUBS) for their publi-
cation accounts.
To get PS Magazine delivered
to their units, Pubs clerks should
follow AEPUBS instructions for
How Do I Establish a Deployed
Publications Account?
on their
website at:
While waiting for AEPUBS to
start delivery of PS, units should
have their stateside rear detach-
ments repackage and forward
the PS Magazines that are still
being delivered there.
Plan Your 2005 SEA Nominations
The Army Chief of Staff Supply Excellence Awards (SEA)
boost logistics readiness and supply effectiveness. Units
interested in competing for an award should contact their
MACOM representatives for guidance. MACOMs will sub-
mit nominations no later than Dec. 10. More info is avail-
able on AKO’s Knowledge Collaboration Center (KCC) by
clicking on these links in order:
KCC>ArmyCommunities>TRADOC>
Quartermaster School>Supply Excellence.
Weed Out Defective
Mask CHQDs
Defective coupling half quick disconnects (CHQD) for the
M40A1, M42A2, and M45 masks are in the field. They
could cause the masks to leak so they must be weeded out
immediately. NBC NCOs, do the bubble test for all your
unit's masks. The test is part of the checks for the drink-
ing system in each mask's TM. If you see bubbles, the mask
shouldn't be used.
Get a replacement CHQD by emailing
Chem/Bio-
MWO@ria.army.mil
. Provide your unit name, unit UIC,
location, POC, POC's DSN/commercial phone numbers,
mask NSNs, and number of CHQDs required for each type
of mask. Replace and dispose of the defective CHQDs
according to the directions in MWO 3-4240-346-20-3
(M40A1 and M42A2) and MWO 3-4240-300-20-1 (M45).
Questions? Contact TACOM's Mary Wischoff at DSN
793-1936/Com (309) 782-1936 or email
wischoffm@ria.army.mil
HMMWV
Precleaner NSN
Correction
The NSN on Page 13 of PS 617,
April 2004, for the HMMWV’s air
cleaner precleaner for the air fil-
ter is wrong. Use NSN 2940-00-
875-9574 to get the precleaner.
PS 619
JUNE 04
60
Maintenance Management…
M
ost mechanics know about the four levels of mainte-
nance: unit, direct support, general support, and depot.
Life will be easier in the future if soldiers who main-
tain equipment understand the changes that are coming.
Changes to future maintenance allocation charts reflect
a changing philosophy in Army maintenance operations.
A new system of maintenance will use field and sus-
tainment as the two levels of maintenance.
Field maintenance will include operator/crew and
unit maintenance and selected direct support tasks.
Maintenance at this level will generally be “on-system”
replacement of defective components and preventive
maintenance. Repaired equipment remains with the
unit.
Sustainment maintenance covers selected DS, general
support, and depot “off-system” repairs of defective
equipment/components. Repaired equipment/compo-
nents are returned to the Army supply distribution
system.
Under these two levels, C, O and F level maintenance
will be field categories on new and revised maintenance
allocation charts. Categories H, L and D will be sustain-
ment tasks.
OST
CRIPTS
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4/30/04
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