TM 5-6350-264-14&P-9
NAVELEX EE 181-AA-OMI-100/E 121-DZZ-204
T.O. 31S9-2FSS9-1-9
3.
Service. Operations required periodically to keep an item in proper operating condition;
e.g., to clean (includes decontaminate, when required), to preserve, to drain, to paint, or
to replenish fuel, lubricants, chemical fluids, or gases. This includes scheduled exercising
and purging of recoil mechanisms.
The following are examples of service functions:
a.
Unpack. To remove from packing box for service or when required for the
performance of maintenance operations.
b.
Repack. To return item to packing box after service and other maintenance
operations.
c.
Clean. To rid the item of contamination.
d.
Touch up. To spot paint scratched or blistered surfaces.
e.
Mark. To restore obliterated identification.
4.
Adjust. To maintain or regulate, within prescribed limits, by bringing into proper position,
or by setting the operating characteristics to specified parameters.
5.
Align. To adjust specified variable elements of an item to bring about optimum or desired
performance.
6.
Calibrate. To determine and cause corrections to be made or to be adjusted on
instruments of test, measuring, and diagnostic equipment used in precision
measurement. Consists of comparisons of two instruments, one of which is a certified
standard of known accuracy, to detect and adjust any discrepancy in the accuracy of the
instrument being compared.
7.
Remove/Install. To remove and install the same item when required to perform service
or other maintenance functions. Install may be the act of emplacing, seating, or fixing into
position a spare, repair part, or module (component or assembly) in a manner to allow
the proper functioning of an equipment or system.
8.
Paint (ammunition only). To prepare and spray color coats of paint so that the
ammunition can be identified and protected. The color indicating primary use is applied,
preferably, to the entire exterior surface as the background color of the item. Other
markings are to be repainted as original so as to retain proper ammunition identification.
9.
Replace. To remove an unserviceable item and install a serviceable counterpart in its
place "Replace" is authorized by the MAC and assigned maintenance level is shown as
the third position code of the Source, Maintenance and Recoverability (SMR) code.
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