PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-668
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 668
JULY 2008
52
PS 668
JULY 08
Open It Anyway
Packaging As it Ought to Be
What Is It?
Research and Eliminate
The FSC has to be 4310 because 4318 isn’t valid. You check the NIINs in FED
LOG and fnd ±our NSNs: 5895-01-458-1256, 4820-01-458-7256, 5945-01-458-
1258, and 4310-01-458-7258, the compressor repair kit. Bingo! You tell the motor
sergeant the part is in. A mechanic goes to install it, but it’s missing three springs!
You reorder the kit.
You get a package clearly marked as NSN 4310-01-458-7258, a compressor
repair kit. You scan the bar code, the receipt is automatically posted, the requisition
is closed, and the mechanic repairs the compressor.
You can give your shipments their best shot at getting to where they’re going by
±ollowing Military Standard 129,
Military Marking for Shipment and Storage.
The
standard is available ±rom the De±ense Logistics Management Standards O±fce
website:
A package with no markings
arrives. All that’s le±t o± the
paperwork is your address, sort
o±. The box is poorly taped. You
phone in a suspicious package;
the bomb squad removes and
destroys the risk. The investigation
concludes that it was parts you
had ordered ±or a compressor.
You reorder the parts.
The battalion S4 driver
delivers a package. Some-
one’s written the NSN on
the box but there’s no no-
menclature. The numbers
are: 4310- or 4318- (the
ink’s smeared), 01-458-
and either 1256, 1258,
7256 or 7258.
The package arrives with no markings, but
the return address seems to be Rock Island, IL.
So you open it and fnd a wheel bearing and
a couple o± other parts. You shelve the parts
hoping someone will ID them. Six months later,
a mechanic comes looking. You pull the item
±rom the shel±, but now it’s rusty because you
broke the humidity seal. You reorder the item.
if you have any questions
on mil-std-129, call logsa
pscc (5
7
0)895-
7
105, or
email:
toby.pt@us.army.mil
.
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