These records assist commanders in maintaining equipment at the Army Maintenance Standard and achieving mission assigned operationally ready rates. The desperate ones have resorted to bumming dips off the lower enlisted rednecks. It is 0900 on the first duty day of the week—command maintenance time. At the same time, they should continually evaluate their mission for innovative preventive measures to enhance the unit's safety program. Daly for his assistance in preparing this article. Ensure there is adequate shielding and ventilation.
This complements unity of effort and can help resolve any con-flicts with command guidance before execution. Schedules and prepares convoys carrying critical equipment and passengers. This refers to semi-trailers and vans, air-conditioning systems, generators, lowboys, forklifts, and cranes. I think we would run out of motor-pools first just to mass punish everyone. Colonel Daly is a liaison officer with the Combined Forces Command in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Command maintenance is a prime-time training event. Some of the most frequently used historical records? If you would like to do the same, add the browser extension for Chrome or for Firefox and add. He cited central tire inflation and combat rims as examples. We welcome civil discussion in the but will not engage with flamebait, spam or outright attacks without the end goal of courteous dialogue. E-6 platoon sergeants are pulling every excuse they can out of their notebooks to depart for training meetings and admin work. The facility is home to 14 such vehicles in various states of restoration.
Inform driver if any obstacles… Bibliography Perform as Wheeled Vehicle Ground Guide Day or Night 2010 Training Program for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Headquarters, Department of the Army. He pointed out more than once how many of the innovations used in modern auto manufacturing are based on military vehicle specifications developed during The Great War. One could only contemplate the amount of focus required to work on something for what amounts to a fraction of a lifetime, but Holland's goal-oriented work ethic isn't his only attribute. The author would like to thank Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. So I lock myself into my own barracks on occasion, and assess just how still drunk I am, how bloodshot are my eyes, how baggy the sacks hanging beneath them? The 2007-built motor pool also includes a parts storage and library boasting hundreds of books and technical manuals, especially those pertaining to the vehicles garaged in The Motor Pool. Leaders must insist on adherence of established safety rules and standards.
And he's never accepted a dime. Control Measures for Accident Prevention Stated as control measures that can be used to prevent these types of accidents are those as follow: 1 Perform through safety briefings that emphasize speed limits and the mandatory use of safety belts; 2 Place mature, experienced driers with less experienced drivers; 3 Identify and control hazards through advanced planning and try to ensure down time before and during long missions. In a support battalion, equipment to be serviced during this week could include reverse osmosis water purification units, water blivets, and slings; fuel sys-tem supply points; direct support transportation assets light medium tactical vehicles, stake-and-platform trailers, and heavy equipment transporters ; ambulances; medical equipment sets; laboratory, x-ray, and dental shop vans; and electronic repair semitrailers housing Integrated Family of Test Equipment and Direct Support Electronic Test Sets. If it is appropriate for or any other meme or image macro subreddit, it is not appropriate for. During the time he served, specifically the 1980s, he became interested in collecting militaria when many of the foreign armies equipped by the U. Sgt Major has us form an arm length chain with push brooms and bags to police up any pebbles that are scattered throughout. Have tracking systems in place and checklists on hand.
He is a student of military logistics history and can rattle off facts and figures like an Internet search engine. Something is different today though. He acquired them from dealers, old barns and individuals at various locations. Civilian leadership in any corporate or small business environment is completely hands off. Ensure that a 360-degree walk around of the vehicle is done to ensure there are no obstructions that will inhibit the vehicle's movement applies to crew member, guide, or the driver. By the time he joined the Army in 1975, Holland was as comfortable about mechanics as he was in his own skin.
He became an ordnance officer and spent 28 years in uniform, retiring as a Reserve lieutenant colonel. . We need more Motor Sergeant examples. Weekly Question Thread N00b thread Ask A Recruiter Wednesday Advice Thread Drive Project Duty Station Thread Series Discord Channel Twitter Feed This subreddit has a wiki page containing information and links to answered questions. Whether working in a maintenance tent or motor pool, remember that the safety of Soldiers is paramount.
© 1999 — 2018 QuinStreet, Inc. If a show can make it past the first season of schedule changes, reruns less than halfway thorough the first three weeks and insisting the pilot be Episode 2 instead, people must like the show, right? Subordinate leaders should have a copy of the motor stable order; a breakdown, by section, of the critical equipment they are responsible for checking and servicing; and a battle roster of Soldiers and their equipment and weapons. The entire process of renewing the life of his precious finds is time consuming. It is now 0900 on the first duty day of the week—command maintenance time. This site is not connected with any government agency.
He previously served as the Commander of the 702d Main Support Battalion at Camp Casey, Korea. Moderators are the final word in whether a post will be removed or not. Make preparations to ground guide a wheeled vehicle. Conducting preexecution command maintenance to the proper level of detail is a time-consuming task. Suggestions to do anything fraudulent, immoral or illegal are not tolerated. Contact the Army Materiel Command Logistics Support Activity www. Since becoming a serious collector of vintage vehicles, Holland estimates 25-30 have passed through his hands.