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Record it or lose it.


Be a champion of good maintenance! If you find a problem or a fault, or perform maintenance, make sure it's recorded daily on your bird's DA Form 2408-13-1, Aircraft Inspection and Maintenance Record.

Write down every problem and fault on the form every day no matter how small or insignificant you think they are.

Some like to write things down on small pieces of paper, sticky Refers to an application or service that keeps you on a Web site. For example, stock quotes, glossaries, educational material, chat rooms and similar offerings give you reason to remain on the site, while it allows the company to show you more ads or proprietary messages.  notes or commit them to memory. Written notes get lost and memory fades.

Then, when it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a  for phase maintenance, you can bet your bottom dollar your memory won't kick in and those sticky notes with all the problems or faults are nowhere to be found.

When it's time to fill out DA Form 2408-13-1, you'll only have what you recorded for that day's inspection.

If that happens, your bird could remain NMCM NMCM Not Mission Capable-Maintenance
NMCM Navy/Marine Corps Medal
 or NMCS NMCS National Military Command System
NMCS Not Mission Capable-Supply
NMCS New Mexico Computer Society
NMCS National Missing Children Services (Canada)
NMCS National Motorway Communications System (UK) 
 longer. That's because maintenance personnel find more wrong than what is recorded on the form.

Don't depend on memory or notes for later recording. Go to DA Pam DA PAM Department of the Army Pamphlet  738-751 for instructions on completing this form.
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Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Cartoon
Date:Jul 1, 2007
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