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Don't be caught unaware.


Heads were rolling and voices were yelling yell  
v. yelled, yell·ing, yells

v.intr.
To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm.

v.tr.
To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout.

n.
 because situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in  was lost. Icons were flickering, graphics were shot and overlays were blending into underlays.

Great minds were applied to the task. Hour after hour passed and still no resolution was found.

One force, two force, red force, blue force, but none could be tracked. Not even by MAJ Seuss.

But then a private, fresh-faced and green, used some compressed air compressed air, air whose volume has been decreased by the application of pressure. Air is compressed by various devices, including the simple hand pump and the reciprocating, rotary, centrifugal, and axial-flow compressors.  and blew a little dust away.

Voila!

Communication was restored. Situational awareness was regained. What needed to be tracked was tracked to perfection Adv. 1. to perfection - in every detail; "the new house suited them to a T"
just right, to a T, to the letter
.

The cardinal rule of preventive maintenance The routine checking of hardware that is performed by a field engineer on a regularly scheduled basis. See remedial maintenance.

preventive maintenance - (PM) To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes.

See provocative maintenance, scratch monkey.
 is to keep your equipment clean.

The modern battlefield is a chaotic place. In order to calm the chaos, you must know where you are and where the enemy is at all times. This will only happen if you do timely PM on your equipment and that starts with keeping your equipment clean!
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Title Annotation:preventive maintenance, keep clean your equipment
Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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