Extreme makeover.GOOD EVENING, ONE AND ALL! WELCOME TO EXTREME MAKEOVER: PMCS PMCS PMC Sierra (stock symbol) PMCS Project Management Control System PMCS partial mission-capable, supply (US DoD) PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services PMCS Professional Military Comptroller School EDITION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AS YOU KNOW WE SELECT ONE SOLDIER EACH WEEK AND DO A COMPLETE PMCS MAKEOVER ON HIS EQUIPMENT. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE BRING THE SOLDIER'S EQUIPMENT UP TO 10/20 STANDARD AND, HOPEFULLY, TEACH HIM A THING OR TWO ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 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. . THIS WEEK'S SUBJECT IS PFC PFC abbr. private first class Noun 1. PFC - a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum perfluorocarbon SY BENNINGTON OF THE 5/912TH ARMOR, FT WHOZIT, MONTANA. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS HAVE TO SAY ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AROUND HERE, PRIVATE SY BENNINGTON IS KNOWN AS SLIDE-BY SY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HE INSISTS THAT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE IS A WASTE OF TIME AS A RESULT, HIS BRADLEY CONSTANTLY BREAKS DOWN ON MISSIONS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HE'S BECOME A READ PROBLEM FOR THE FIGHTING 5/912TH, HE NEEDS SOME MAJOR HELP WITH HIS PMCS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT OUR HANDS FULL THIS WEEK, GUYS. THIS COULD BE WORSE THAN THE GUY WHO TRIED TO TURN HIS M17 DECON DECON Decontaminate(ion) DECON Deconvolution INTO A COTTON CANDY MACHINE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT SOUNDS TOUGH, ALL RIGHT. WE GOTTA TRY TO STRAIGHTEN HIM OUT. RIGHT? RIGHT! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STAY TUNED TO SEE IF PRIVATE BENNINGTON CAN SLIDE BY THIS TIME. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE NEXT DAY ... PRIVATE BENNINGTON, YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED AS THIS WEEK'S SUBJECT FOR EXTREME MAKEOVER: PMCS EDITION. ALL RIGHT! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THAT'S THE SHOW WHERE YOU FIX MY VEHICLE WHILE I GO ON AN ALL-EXPENSE PAID VACATION Noun 1. paid vacation - a vacation from work by an employee with pay granted holiday, vacation - leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico" TO SOME EXOTIC LOCATION, ISN'T IT? WHERE AM I GOING? HAWAII? VEGAS VEGAS Vocational and Educational Guidance for Aboriginals Scheme (Australia) ? I HEAR TAHITI'S NICE THIS TIME OF YEAR. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SORRY, PRIVATE, OUR SHOW'S A LITTLE MORE LOW BUDGET THAN THAT, BESIDES, YOU WOULDN'T LEARN MUCH ABOUT PMCS IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, WOULD YOU? LET'S GET STARTED. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BEFORE YOU DO PMCS, YOU'LL NEED A COPY OF THIS ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE OPERATOR'S MANUAL. IN IT YOU'LL FIND STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO CHECK ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ... AND WHEN TO CHECK IT. PMCS IS BROKEN DOWN INTO CHECKS THAT SHOULD BE MADE BEFORE AND AFTER OPERATIONS, WEEKLY, MONTHLY AND BI-MONTHLY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NOT TO MENTION THE SECTIONS THAT COVER OPERATIONS UNDER USUAL AND UNUSUAL CONDITIONS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH THERE TO MEMORIZE IT ALL. TRY AND YOU'LL WIND UP FORGETTING SOMETHING. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ONE OF THE BEFORE OPERATIONS CHECKS YOU SHOULD MAKE IS THE COOLING SYSTEM cooling system: see air conditioning; internal-combustion engine; refrigeration. cooling system Apparatus used to keep the temperature of a structure or device from exceeding limits imposed by needs of safety and efficiency. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WITHOUT THE PROPER AMOUNT OF COOLANT coolant (kōō´l  nt),n , YOUR BRADLEY'S ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT o·ver·heat v. o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats v.tr. 1. To heat too much. 2. To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated. v.intr. AND YOU'RE GOING NOWHERE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHILE YOU'RE CHECKING THE COOLANT LEVEL, DON'T FORGET TO GIVE THE RADIATOR CAP Noun 1. radiator cap - cap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added cap - a top (as for a bottle) radiator - a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from A GOOD LOOK, TOO. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE GASKET SHOULD BE FREE OF NICKS AND CUTS THAT ALLOW COOLANT TO ESCAPE, AND MAKE SURE THE CHAIN IS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE CAP SO IT DOESN'T GO WANDERING. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AN IMPORTANT AFTER-OPERATION CHECK IS DRAINING THE FUEL FILTER, THAT REMOVES WATER AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS THAT CAN CAUSE ENGINE PROBLEMS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HEY, THIS DOESN'T SEEM SO HARD. LEMME The Lemme is a 35 km torrent, a right tributary of the Orba, which flows through the Province of Alessandria in northern Italy. Its source is near Monte Calvo; from there it passes through the communes of Fraconalto, Voltaggio, Carrosio, Gavi, San Cristoforo, Francavilla TRY ONE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NOT ALL THE PM YOU'LL NEED TO DO IS IN THE OPERATOR'S MANUAL. YOU ALSO NEED TO CHECK OUT THE VEHICLE'S LUBRICATION lubrication, introduction of a substance between the contact surfaces of moving parts to reduce friction and to dissipate heat. A lubricant may be oil, grease, graphite, or any substance—gas, liquid, semisolid, or solid—that permits free action of ORDER [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT TELLS YOU WHAT AND HOW OFTEN TO LUBE AS WELL AS WHAT TYPE OF LUBE TO USE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HERE, YOU CAN START WITH THE PROPELLER SHAFT A propeller shaft connects a propeller to an engine. It is also the British English term for the driveshaft which connects an automobile gearbox to a rear differential. It is commonly referred to as a "prop-shaft". U-JOINTS. THEY NEED A GOOD SHOT OF GAA GAA Goals Against Average (Hockey) GAA Gaelic Athletic Association GAA Gravure Association of America (Rochester, NY) GAA German Agro Action GAA Global Aquaculture Alliance GAA Gay Activists Alliance SEMIANNUALLY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OKAY, I SEE HEY, THERE'S MORE'N ONE LUBE POINT HERE. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'LL NEED TO GET 'EM ALL. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WOW!! THAT WAS GREAT! WHAT'S NEXT? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OIL LEVELS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, TOO. TOO MUCH AND YOU GET DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, TOO LITTLE AND THEY CAN BURN UP. C'MON. WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A FEW HOURS LATER ... ... AND THAT, PRIVATE BENNINGTON, IS HOW YOU DO A COMPLETE AND THOROUGH PMCS. YOUR BRADLEY IS ALL SET FOR THAT FIELD EXERCISE YOU HAVE SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW MORNING. THE QUESTION IS, WHAT KIND OF SHARE WILL IT BE IN NEXT WEEK? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE TOOLS AND THE TRAINING TO PERFORM PM, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU TO USE THEM. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NO WORRIES THERE, NOW THAT I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO STAY ON TOP OF PM EVERY DAY ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ... I'LL MAKE SURE MY BRADLEY GETS THE BEST! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] NEXT MORNING ... HEY! WHO'S THAT IN THE LEAD BRADLEY? IT'S NO! IT CAN'T BE!! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT IS! SLIDE-BY SY ... IT'S YOU! YEAH, I LEARNED MY LESSON REAL GOOD! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LEMME TELL YOU ... MY ATTITUDE TOWARD PM EXPERIENCED AN EXTREME MAKEOVER! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOW, SOLDIERS. TUNE IN NEXT WEEK WHEN WE VISIT CAMP SMEDLEY, ALASKA, TO THAW OUT A SPECIALIST WITH SPACE HEATER PROBLEMS! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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