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Small Arms: Weapon Cleaning Kits May Be Cheaper by the Piece
February 21, 2020 — Dear Editor, I wanted to share with other PS readers the initiative of one of my high-speed NCOs, SGT Logan Thomas. He created a weapons cleaning kit calculator in Excel. His spreadsheet compares the cost of cleaning kits to the cost of ordering the individual components of the kits. ... MORE

M16-Series Rifle, M4/M4A1 Carbine: Food for Feeding Thought
February 21, 2020 — Dear Editor, I recently helped a unit with their pre-mobilization training. I noticed several instances of M16-series rifle and M4/M4A1 carbine misfires because of how the weapons were loaded... MORE

Soldier Support: P&E LARs Share Wisdom
February 11, 2020 — Dear Editor, I’d like to let your readers know that AMC’s Power and Environmental (P&E) LARs’ information-sharing files have migrated to AKO 2.0.AKO classic was officially "sunset" in September 2019. For more than 15 years, P&E LARs contributed over 90GB of information, ranging from TMs, PPT training slides, and other... MORE

ITAS: Target These Tips
February 4, 2020 — This article initially appeared in Issue PS 793, pages 16 - 17. Dear Editor, these Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) tips will help ITAS stay on target: First, don’t forget the battery charger. PS has pointed out repeatedly the importance of charging the lithium battery boxes (LBB) every month... MORE

Patriot Missile System: Don’t Make GPS NMC!
January 31, 2020 — This article initially appeared in Issue PS 789, pages 37. Dear Editor, it doesn’t take much to make the Patriot launcher’s GPS NMC. A little too much muscle removing the two GPS cables can damage their wiring. On our last deployment, we lost six cables that way... MORE

Patriot Missile System: Pinpoint PM
January 29, 2020 — This article initially appeared in Issue PS 785, pages 46-47. Dear Editor, we recommend these tips to keep Patriots firing with pinpoint accuracy: First, make sure to hit all the grease points and keep track of lubrication. The launcher especially has grease points that are often overlooked and then the outriggers or bullring end up with expensive damage... MORE

M2A1 Machine Gun: Feed Tray Pin PM
January 13, 2020 — Some Soldiers aren’t using the right pin on their M2A1 machine gun’s feed tray and that’s an accident waiting to happen... MORE

M2A1 Machine Gun: Marking the Gage
January 13, 2020 — Marking the M2A1 gage with a serial number is required. But care must be taken not to mark it in a critical area. Instead, Soldiers should attach a dog tag marked with the serial number... MORE

KG-175X: Properly Accounting for KG-175X
January 10, 2020 — Dear Editor,I wanted to share some information I learned about a controlled cryptographic item.Our unit tried to order LIN Z05505, KG-175X with Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), through the Information Systems Security Program (ISSP). We were told by Project Lead Network Enablers (PL Net E) and CIO/G6 that these systems are not to be... MORE

MTRCS NSN: Don’t Get Hosed
December 23, 2019 — Heeding this article could save your unit an unexpected $1000+ upcharge. Dear Editor, I’m bringing an NSN discrepancy to your attention that we recently discovered on the multi-temperature refrigerated container system (MTRCS). ... MORE

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