Here’s the Index for the June Issue of PS Magazine!
Posted: 2014/21/05 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Air Force, Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserves, Half-Mast, HOOAH, LOGSA, maintenance, Marines, Military, Military Equipment, Military Life, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS, PS Mag, PS Magazine, PS Online, Publications, Soldier, Soldiers, TACOM, TM, United States, United States Army Leave a comment
The Back Cover of the June Issue of PS Magazine, Issue 739
Posted: 2014/20/05 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Air Force, Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserves, Half-Mast, LOGSA, maintenance, Marines, Military, Military Equipment, Military Life, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS, PS Mag, PS Magazine, PS Online, Publications, Soldier, Soldiers, TM, United States Army Leave a comment
The June PS, Issue 739, has Arrived!
Posted: 2014/19/05 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Air Force, Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserves, Half-Mast, LOGSA, maintenance, Marines, Military, Military Equipment, Military Life, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS, PS Mag, PS Magazine, PS Online, Soldier, Soldiers, TM, United States Army Leave a comment
M1-Series Tanks… Funnel Away Oil Spills
Posted: 2014/15/05 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Army, Army National Guard, Half-Mast, HOOAH, M1-Series Tanks, maintenance, Mechanics, Military, Military Equipment, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS, PS Mag, PS Magazine, Soldier, Soldiers, TACOM, TM, United States, United States Army Leave a commentMechanics, you’ve probably noticed that the M1-series tank’s transmission filler neck doesn’t have a very big opening. It’s just too small to pour transmission fluid directly from the can.
Some of the fluid is gonna spill, no matter how careful you are. And things don’t get any better after that. The oil cooler fans are gonna blow that oil all over the oil cooler fins.
Dust is attracted to the oil residue. The gooey mess that forms on the cooling fins keeps the heat from radiating away from the oil inside the coolers. That leads to transmission damage.
But something as simple as a funnel can prevent all that. A box of 12 flexible funnels comes with NSN 7240-00-559-7364. Never add oil without using one. And get one of these if your current oil funnel is broken or too large for the transmission filler opening.
Each funnel holds a quart of oil. So don’t pour more than a quart into the funnel at a time. Make sure you wipe up any spilled oil right away.
AAME for Top Maintenance Awards
Posted: 2014/05/05 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AAME, Army, Army National Guard, Half-Mast, maintenance, Military, Military Equipment, Military Life, Online Tools, ordnance, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS, PS Mag, PS Magazine, PS Online, Soldier, Soldiers, TM, United States Army Leave a commentPut that wrench down, Soldier! Just for a minute. Remind everyone on your team it’s time to prepare your unit’s or depot’s nomination packet for the FY14 Chief of Staff Army Award for Maintenance Excellence (AAME). Packets are due 7 Nov 2014 for field-level entries and 13 Feb 2015 for depot-level entries.
The annual AAME competition recognizes units and depots that excel in maintenance and help improve and sustain combat readiness.
Additional info on the AAME competition and its history can be found at:
http://www.goordnance.army.mil/AAME/aame.html
To download a complete list of categories and this year’s submission guidelines, choose the “Message (CAC)” tab on the website above.
FY14 AAME winners will be recognized in calendar year 2015. They’ll also be listed here in PS. The top winners will then go on to compete at the DOD level.
Questions? Contact Nelson Williams at DSN 224-0753, (703) 614-0753, or email: nelson.k.williams.civ@mail.mil
M119-Series Towed Howitzers…Stem the Tide of Broken Tire Stems
Posted: 2014/24/04 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Army, Army National Guard, Half-Mast, LOGSA, M119-series towed howitzer, maintenance, Military, Military Equipment, NSN, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS, PS Mag, PS Magazine, PS Online, Soldier, Soldiers, TACOM, TM, United States Army Leave a commentCrewmen, at one time or another you’ve probably broken the tire stem off the right-side (knockoff) wheel on your M119-series towed howitzer. It’s easy to do when removing the wheel for emplacement.
It’s frustrating because now you have to take the time to replace the tire. Even worse, your howitzer is NMC until that’s done.
But now there’s a new tire assembly, NSN 2530-01-626-2559, that’s designed to prevent broken tire stems and keep your howitzer in the game.
The new assembly has a bracket and counterweight welded to the right wheel rim. This acts as a guard to protect the valve stem when removing or remounting the wheel.
This new tire assembly replaces both the old left-side wheel assembly, NSN 2530-01-541-7004, and the old right-side wheel assembly, NSN 2530-01-541-7001.
It comes ready to install as a left-side assembly. But to install it as a right-side assembly, you’ll need the wheel plate, NSN 1015-01-341-8687; six wheel studs, NSN 1015-01-343-1901; and six nuts, NSN 5310-01-342-3687, from the old right-side assembly. If you didn’t hold onto that hardware, you’ll need to order it before installing the new wheel assembly.
It’s OK to mix old and new assemblies. For example, you can have a new assembly on the left side and an old assembly on the right.
Questions? Contact 105mm howitzer team members Andy Mosher at (586) 282-6547 or Brian Lindeman at (586) 282-5618, or email:
usarmy.detroit.tacom.list.105-mm-howitzer-team@mail.mil
You can also contact Jonathan Serra from the TACOM wheel assembly team at (586) 282-4347, or email:
usarmy.detroit.tacom.mbx.ilsc-tire-assemblies@mail.mil.
Where to Get M66 Parts
Posted: 2014/23/04 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: AMC, AMCOM, Army National Guard, Half-Mast, M66, maintenance, Military, Military Equipment, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS, PS Mag, PS Magazine, Soldier, Soldiers, TACOM, United States, United States Army Leave a comment
TACOM Assistance is Always Valuable.
Posted: 2014/23/04 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Army, Army National Guard, LARS, Logistics, LOGSA, Military, Military Equipment, PS Mag, PS Magazine, Soldier, Soldiers, TACOM, TM, United States Army Leave a comment
The Logistics Information Warehouse Article
Posted: 2014/23/04 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Army, Army National Guard, Half-Mast, Military, Military Equipment, NSN, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS, PS Mag, PS Magazine, PS Online, Publications, Soldier, Soldiers, TM, United States Army Leave a commentThe Logistics Information Warehouse – LIW—is where a Soldier can get all the data on maintenance and readiness and parts tracking and, well, everything on Logistics! You need training and this two-page article from our May issue tells you how to get it. No excuses! Half-Mast
PS Issue 738, May 2014 has Arrived!
Posted: 2014/23/04 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Army, Army National Guard, Half-Mast, maintenance, Military, Military Equipment, Military Life, NSN, PM, Preventive Maintenance, PS Continuity, PS Mag, PS Magazine, PS Online, Publications, Soldier, Soldiers, TM, United States Army Leave a commentApril showers bring May PM flowers in the form of the May issue of PS magazine, Issue 738! My advance copy came today and I’ve attached a picture of the front cover and the index. Your copies should show up in your motor pools, commo shops and arms rooms next week. But, just for my faithful blog and twitter followers, I’m posting today six of the articles from the May issue! And to quote the late, great Paul Harvey, Stand byyy for Newwwws! Half-Mast
Half-Mast & PS Magazine 