COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS PUBLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED DIRECT TO: PRESIDENT, US ARMY MAINTENANCE BOARD, ATTN: EDITOR, PS MAGAZINE, FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY 40121. HAROLD K. JOHNSON, AR: To be distributed in accordance with DA Form 12-9 requirements for Legistics, WHAT'S CHANGED Here are the major changes introduced in the revised TM 38-750: a. b. C. d. Records for control of aircraft engines, specific aircraft components, recoverable combat vehicle engines, and selected recoverable missile components. Calibration scheduling and accomplishment reporting. Ammunition, rail, marine and administrative use motor vehicles also are brought under the system. Army equipment is grouped into primary categories, instead of the technical service groups in the first edition of TM 38-750. The eight primary categories are Weapons, Combat Vehicles, Tactical and Support Vehicles, Electronics and Communication, Aircraft, Missiles, Special Purpose Equipment and Ammunition. Use of codes for recording information on forms is expanded to aid in machine processing and to speed data on its way to applicable commands and national agencies. More equipment has been added to the reportable items list (Appendix III of the TM) on which feedback information is required. Para 4-26 of the TM is your score card for Equipment Log Books and their DA Form 2400 series inserts. Procedures, records and reports required by TM 38-750 implement policies laid down by AR's 750-1, 750-5, 750-8 and 750-10. Three TM's cover The Army's Maintenance Management System. They are TM 38750 (Army Equipment Record Procedures), TM 38-750-1 (Maintenance Management, Field Command Procedures) and to be published TM 38750-2 (Maintenance Management, National Agency Procedures). TM's 38750 and 38-750-1 are the word for organizational echelons. To maintain uniformity throughout the Army, no additional forms and no alteration of forms or by-passing of procedures outlined in TM's 38750 and 38-750-1 are permitted. With these forms and procedures, like with the equipment, you go with what you've got. Records required by TM 38-750 vary widely within the primary equipment categories. Charts in para 4-26 of the TM have X's in the columns to show the exact record forms to be maintained for affected items of equipment. Here's a handy chart to show how the other record forms line up in the primary equipment categories. But remember, there are lots of exceptions and special conditions within the categories. The notes explain most of 'em, but you still need to refer to the TM to see if a particular form applies. |