PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-703
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 703
JUNE 2011
29
PS 703
JUN 11
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ps magazine:
Your Vision
for the Future
Survey 2011
Hi!
I’m
Connie Rodd,
a maintenance and
supply specialist with PS. Like
Half-Mast
I
worked for
Army Motors
magazine during
World War II when I was a corporal.
Only I came back for the
PS Magazine
startup as a civilian employee.
if only
they’d
loOked
at me!
As the
Korean
Conflict began, the
Army recognized it had a pressing
need to use
preventive maintenance
as
its preferred maintenance program.
Keeping vehicles, weapons and other
equipment clean and properly
lubricated was all about
combat
readiness
and
Soldier safety.
it was also about
money.
Preventive maintenance
and the maintenance tasks
that follow preventive
maintenance checks and
services
do
have their own
price tag.
But it’s far
less
expensive than the cost
of breakdowns, major
damage, or associated
combat losses.
A simple
62 cent spring
provides an
excellent economics and safety example.
On the Bradley fighting vehicle, the ammo
compartment door is held closed by a latch
that depends on the 62 cent spring to keep it
snugly tight and closed. During PMCS, crews
examine the spring for serviceability.
But, when PMCS misses that check and the
spring wears out, the latch fails, the door
opens, and when the turret is traversed the
door rips out wiring and has been known to
sever a fuel line. The vehicle and crew are
placed at risk.
A Bradley lost to fire costs the Army more
than $1 million. You figure out the cost of a
crew lost to fire, especially if it’s your crew
at risk.
This is just one example of the articles we
provide in
PS Magazine.
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