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Keep track of chemical detectors.


The Army had to report last year the loss of an ACADA ACADA Automatic Chemical Agent Alarm (current definition)
ACADA Automatic Chemical Agent Detector/Alarm (former definition)
ACADA Avery Citizens Against Domestic Abuse (Newland, NC) 
 M88 chemical detector that had been installed on a Stryker to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent U.S. government commission, created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and charged with licensing and regulating civilian use of nuclear energy to protect the public and the environment.  (NRC NRC
abbr.
1. National Research Council

2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants
).

The resulting investigation showed that many units weren't tracking their ACADAs. Because they have a radioactive component, this is a violation of the Army's NRC license.

Because the Army wants to prevent NRC troubles, it has established these rules for units with ACADAs:

* The Stryker PM will initially input the M88 detector into the Department of Defense Radiation Testing and Tracking System (DODRATTS) Unique Item Tracking (UIT) database when it is handed off to units. DODRATTS UIT is accessed through the LOGSA LOGSA Logistics Support Activity (USAMC)
LOGSA Logistics Support Agency
 website at: https://liw.logsa.army.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=login.main After the unit receives the detector, the unit property book officer or serialization se·ri·al·ize  
tr.v. se·ri·al·ized, se·ri·al·iz·ing, se·ri·al·iz·es
To write or publish in serial form.



se
 officer should drop an R transaction in the UIT. Accountability can also be maintained through the Property Book Unit Supply Equipment (PBUSE PBUSE Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced ) database, although the preferred method is through the UIT database since it tracks serial numbers better. The unit radiation safety officer should be kept informed of the M88 detectors in the unit.

* Units snipping Strykers must make sure their shipping documents have listed the NSN and the serial number for each M88 installed in a Stryker. The serial numbers will usually have a prefix of Y14-D-xxxxx for the M88 detector and Y14-M-xxxxx for the radioactive drift module. But some M88s have the same serial number for both the detector and the drift module.

* IT your Strykers' M88s don't nave Their serial numbers snowing when they're mounted, get labels from the TACOM TACOM Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (US Army)
TACOM Tactical Communications
TACOM Tactical Command
TACOM Tank-Automotive and Armament Command
TACOM Theater Army Command
TACOM Tactical Army Command
TACOM Tactical Army COM
 Safety office. Write the M88 serial numbers on the labels and stick the labels on the front of the M88.

For labels, contact the Safety Office's Thomas Gizicki at DSN 793-2965/(309) 782-2965 or email: thomas.gizicki@us.army.mil He will need your mailing address, POC (Proof Of Concept) See PoC exploit.

POC - Point Of Contact
, and phone number.

If you have questions about the LOGSA LIW Unique Item Tracking Database, contact Dorothy Ritter at DSN 897-24581(256) 313-2458 or email:

dorothy.ritter@us.army.mil

You can also contact William McKelvie at DSN 645-95841(256) 955-9584 or email:

william.mckelvie@us.army.mil

For questions about the Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced Database, contact CW5 Franklin Meeks at (804) 706-9026 or email:

franklin.d.meeks@us.army.mil

Or contact CW5 Pablo Brown at (804) 706-9005 or email:

pablo.brown@us.army.mil
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