TMs to care for what you wear.WE ALL KNOW THAT AIRCRAFT, VEHICLES, COMMO COMMO Communication(s) COMMO Commodore COMMO Communications Officer AND SMALL ARMS small arms, firearms designed primarily to be carried and fired by one person and, generally, held in the hands, as distinguished from heavy arms, or artillery. Early Small Arms The first small arms came into general use at the end of the 14th cent. NEED GOOD 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. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BUT WHAT ABOUT CLOTHING AND INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT? THEY DESERVE PM, TOO. SO, BEFORE YOUR BDUS GET ALL RAGGEDY rag·ged·y adj. rag·ged·i·er, rag·ged·i·est Tattered or worn-out; ragged. AND YOUR SLEEPING BAG WEARS THIN, MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PRACTICE PM ON YOUR CLOTHING AND INDIVIDUAL GEAR. START BY ORDERING TWO ESSENTIAL TMs FOR YOU UNIT ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * TM 10-8400-201-23, General Repair Procedures for Clothing, has chapters on BDUs (nothing on ACUs yet), caps and hats, cold weather clothing, wet weather parka and trousers, fire retardant fire retardant Public health A chemical used to resist combustion, which may contain polybrominated biphenyls and antimony oxide clothing and lots more. * TM 10-8400-203-23, General Repair Procedures for Individual Equipment, covers everything from helmets, body armor and mountaineering gear to cold weather sleeping bags and modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (MOLLE). YOU'LL FIND THESE TMs BRIMMING WITH PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE INFO, THINGS LIKE PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES FOR ... * INSPECTION * REPAIR * CLEANING AND LAUNDERING THEY ALSO CONTAIN NSNs FOR END ITEMS, COMPONENTS AND REPAIR MATERIALS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You'll find these TMs online at the U.S. Army LOGSA LOGSA Logistics Support Activity (USAMC) LOGSA Logistics Support Agency electronic technical manuals website: https://logsa.army.mil/etms/online.htm They're also available on EM 0313. Ask your pubs clerk to order the CD. |
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