PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-743
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 743
OCTOBER 2014
45
PS 743
OCT 14
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f you’re scratching your head about mask Flter expiration dates or where to Fnd
CBRN advisory messages, you don’t know JACKS (Joint Acquisition Chemical
Biological Radiological Nuclear Knowledge System).
JACKS provides you with a wide range of information on almost all CBRN
equipment.
Examples include:
•±
more than 140,000 NSNs, which are updated weekly from FLIS.
•±
Code F demilitarization instructions.
•±
shelf life expiration, extension and condemnation info organized by both NSN and
lot number.
•±
maintenance, logistical, supply and safety-of-use CBRN advisory messages.
•±
CBRN fact sheets.
•±
packaging and shipping info
You can search JACKS by equipment name, NSN, federal supply class (±SC),
CAGE, LIN, table of authorized material control number (TAMCN), joint project
manager (JPM) or part number.
To access JACKS, you will need a CAC card or an AKO, DKO, personal identity
veriFcation (PIV), or external certiFcate authority (ECA) account.
Go to:
If you run into problems, call CBRN-IRC at DSN 793-7349, (309) 782-7349,
toll-free (800) 831-4408, or email:
cbrn.irc@us.army.mil
CBRN±Alerts
1.±
Go to the JACKS website and log in.
2.±
From the Community tab
drop-down, click My Profile.
3.±
On the Profile toolbar,
click My Subscription.
4.±
In the first section,
Step±1:±Select±
Alerts,
place a check mark in the box
preceding the alerts you want to
receive:
___CBRN advisory messages
___Demil instructions
___New CBRN equipment
___Hot CBRN news
___Shelf life updates
___
Chem-Bio Defense Magazine.
An alert will be sent to you whenever
new information is available in these
areas.
You can also have messages filtered
by a custom equipment list so you
get
information only on equipment
you’re interested in.
5.±
In
Step±2:±Select±Alert±Frequency,
choose if you want to receive messages
daily or weekly. You can also choose no
message if no updates have been made
that day or week.
6.±
In
Step±3:±Add±Email±addresses,
click on
Add Email and list the email addresses
where the alerts should be sent.
7.±
In
Step±4:±Save±Your±Subscription,
choose either Save Subscription or
Cancel and Exit to save or cancel
your alert setting. To modify your
subscription, follow the steps above. To
cancel it, click on Unsubscribe.
CBRN Questions? Ask JACKS
You
don’t
have
to go to JACKS
for the latest
cbrn info.
JACKS will
come to
you.
Here’s
how to
sign
up for
JACKS
alerts…
Select My Profile from
Community drop down
Click boxes beside alerts you want to receive
Click Add Email
to list where to
send alerts…
…then click Save
Subscription
here’s
how to Get
updates on
all things
CBRN!
From mask
valve problems
to the latest issue of
Chem-Bio Defense Magazine…
…jacks
has the
facts!
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