PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-664
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 664
MARCH 2008
59
PS 664
MAR 08
Personal Responsibility
You have lots of gear you are expected to maintain and use. You’ve signed for
some items like TA-50. Other items are simply under your personal control.
But, your personal responsibility isn’t based on signed receipts or records. AR
735-5,
Policies and Procedures for Property Accountability
(Feb 05), de±nes
command, direct, custodial, supervisory and personal responsibility.
You have
personal responsibility
to safeguard and properly dispose of all
Government property you are issued, that you acquire, that comes under your
control, or that is provided to help you accomplish your mission.
If while you’re on patrol you ±nd Government property, like a pair of night vision
goggles, your personal responsibility is to report it to establish asset visibility. You
can’t keep them if they are excess to your unit’s authorization. They must be turned
in through supply. Why? Because some other soldier may be missing the NVGs that
he’s authorized and needs. Your responsibility is to have what you’re supposed to
have, maintain it, and turn in excess inventory.
Operation Total Recall
To restore discipline and to establish visibility of Army assets, the Army G4
launched Operation Total Recall.
Operation Total Recall required a total accounting of whether a unit had all of the
equipment listed on its hand receipt. It also required units to report equipment found
in their unit areas that was not listed on their hand receipts.
The results were impressive. A total of 17,225 items were returned to the Army
inventory. Their value.
..$117 million!
Be a part of ensuring that Army assets are where they should be:
•
Maintain the assets for which you have personal, supervisory or
command responsibility.
•
Don’t carry excess inventory or
you’ll prevent others from
having what they need.
•
Report found and missing
equipment as soon as you can.
Command and supervisory responsibility
are obligations of positions held.
This obligation cannot be delegated. It includes ensuring:
•
the security of all property
•
that subordinates maintain custody, care for, use and properly dispose of
all property
•
the enforcement of security, safety and accounting for property
Direct responsibility
occurs when an individual signs a hand receipt, receives
formal written delegation or is assigned as an accountable of±cer.
Custodial responsibility
is borne by people in the supply chain who work in
supply rooms, stocks, warehouses, and are rated by and answerable to a person who
has direct responsibility.
first sergeant!
how come I can’t
get a replacement
for the nvg’s we
lost on patrol?
MAKE SURE REPARABLES
ARE TURNED IN!
bravo company
is bragging
about their
extras in the
dining hall!!
ORDER ONLY
WHAT YOU NEED…
DON’T DOUBLE
ORDER!
BUT WE
ORDERED
THAT PART
SiX WEEKS
AGO!
I think
I’ll try a
priority
request
since it’s
been so
long!
ENSURE ARMY
ASSETS ARE WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE.
maintain assets
for which you HAVE
personal, supervisory
or command
responsibility.
don’t hoard
excess inventory!
report found
and missing
equipment as
soon as you can!
THAT’S iT
FOR YOU, I’M
ORDERiNG A
NEW DiSH!
WAiT!
iF YOU
TURN
ME iN, I
CAN BE
FiXED!!
I know!
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12:41:41 PM
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