PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-715
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 715
JUNE 2012
57
PS 715
JUN 12
Drop us your story ideas. We gladly welcome them!
O
dds are that if one person in the field is having a problem with supplies, equipment or
maintenance procedures, so are others.
PS
offers a good way to share solutions
and makes a point of getting the word out
worldwide.
Your
maintenance
solutions,
supply procedures or ideas in other areas are
welcomed and encouraged.
For example, if a maintenance TM skips
over
something
important,
instructions
aren’t clear or you know how a procedure
can be done better or more safely, why not
share your wisdom with everyone?
It’s a good idea to submit a DA Form 2028,
Recommended Changes to Publications and
Blank Forms,
too, especially if something is
wrong in a TM. We told you how to do that
on Pages 58-59 in
PS
706 (Sep 11). Then let
PS
help spread the word, because we can do
that faster than a TM can be updated.
Try to include any references, such as TM procedures, that are affected. Unless it’s a very
short article (what we call a brief, like those you read in Connie’s Post Scripts), any photos
you include to help illustrate the article are welcome, too. That gives our artists a reference
for drawing technical art.
Digital jpgs are best, but do not send them embedded in documents. That decreases
photo quality and makes them unusable.
A
PS
writer will take your submission and put it into our style, and run it by a subject
matter expert for the end item or process. Everything you read in
PS
is approved by the
Army’s authorized proponent for that item or area before publication. That’s how you
know our info is good to go.
When you’re ready to take the
PS
plunge, please send your article and related attach-
ments to:
half.mast@us.army.mil
We look forward to your contribution. You’ll hear from us soon!
How to
Submit
an Article
to PS
if you’re sending illustrations
or photos they should
not
be
embedded in a word processing
document or a slide presentation.
Send them as attachments.
don’t
try to Write the
Article in our format!
We’ll do that.
and
don’t worry
about
the font or typesize.
here are
some basic
questions an
article should
address…
•± What±is±the±problem?±
•± What±caused±the±problem?
•± What±are±the±costs±
(in±terms±of±time/extra±work/money/etc.)?±
•± What±is±the±solution±to±the±problem?±
(There±may±be±more±than±one.)±
•± How±is±the±solution±achieved,±and±by±whom?±
but
Some
of
you may
not
ask
because
you
assume
it’s too
hard to
write
in our
style.
Let’s put
that notion
to rest.
We
often
get
asked
how
to
submit
an
article
to PS.
All you
need to do
is to send
us an email
with your
proposed
article.
Yep, it’s
just that
easy.
Ahhh…
this fix is
just what the doctor
ordered! you should
send in your clever
idea to PS.
Naw… that’s
too much work
to
try and write it in
that funny way.
you don’t need to
do that much! just
send the info to me,
Soldier. I’ll take it
from there.
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