PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-722
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 722
JANUARY 2013
Don’t make a Soldier an
armorer without proper
training.
Sometimes when
much of a unit is deployed,
an inexperienced Soldier is
left in charge of the arms
room. If the Soldier doesn’t
know how to inventory
weapons or sign them out
properly, it can cause major
accountability problems for
the commander. If your post
has a COMET team, see
them for armorer training.
If your post doesn’t have
COMET, contact your
logistics assistance ofFce for
training information.
Order -10 TMs and
order more than you
need.
Units are supposed
to have an operator’s
TM for each piece of
equipment. The -10 is
needed to do a thorough
PMCS. And if you don’t
have enough TMs you
will be gigged during
inspections. But after
every trip to the Feld,
some -10s won’t make
it back. That’s why it’s a
good idea to order extras.
Your pubs clerk can do
this for you.
When weapons and sights have been coded out, turn them in.
You have 90 days
to turn the items in, but once that has passed you must go through the whole code out
procedure again.
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Keep track of maintenance
records during rotations.
If
the records disappear when
your unit rotates overseas and
back, you have to start again
from scratch. That’s a huge
amount of work you want to
avoid at all costs. This has been
a particular problem for records
on small arms gaging. And if
your equipment goes through
any of the rebuild programs like
SARET, make sure to get the
paperwork showing that. You
may need to prove that later to
avoid unnecessary gaging.
Make sure your unit knows how to Fll out the PMCS forms, DA ±orms 5988E
and 2404.
The forms ensure that faults found during PMCS get Fxed. Sergeants’
Time is a good time for a refresher course on the forms.
Hand-carry the high security arms room locks when you do a rotation.
If you
pack the locks in a CONEX, you’ll probably never see them again. At $600 a pop,
they’re not cheap to replace.
If an item is reportable, get it entered in SAMS-E.
This includes all weapons
and CBRN items like the ICAM and JCAD. Having the items in SAMS-E makes
it easier to track maintenance, repairs and gaging. If any of the PMCS forms are
done manually, make sure that information gets to the SAMS-E clerk so that it can
be entered in the system. Otherwise, it will be lost. Check the Maintenance Master
Data ±ile (MMD±) for what’s reportable. It can be found on LIW by selecting the
LIW Rsrcs icon.
soldier, you have a
dozen different pieces
of
equipment, but I only see
8
TMs… what gives?
c’mon,
hound! help
me find this
runaway
maintenance
record!
sn
if
f
sn
if
f
uh… ah…
uh…
whaT, Me? Coded
oUt? No! NO! I don’t
think so! Can’t be!!
SOrRy, bub! You’ve
got to go. And I
neeD to Turn You
in
NOW!
congratulations,
soN! you’re our
new Armorer!
but…
but…
but…
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11/27/12
2:53 PM
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