- Reaction score
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- Points
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RODUM - Report On Defective and Unsatisfactory Materiel
This has gone too far, and I had to vent on here ;D
You decide!
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TASK GROUPS TO DISSEMINATE TO MAINT ELM IN LOC
SUBJ: SAFETY - RODUM - SHOES, GYMNASIUM, NSN: 66-139-3407
A. 1 RTB ARTC, REPORT NUMNER ARTC 2/2008, DATED 23 MAY 2008
B. TRAMM VOLUME 2, SECTION 1, CHAPTER 5
1. REF A - ACK.
2. FOR REPORTING UNIT CONTACT CAPT XXXXXXX.
3. REF A DETAILED FAULT WITH THE LACES PROVIDED WITH THE ADF RUNNERS
ARE TOO LONG CAUSING TRIPPING.
4. DMO CLOSPO TECHNICAL SUPPORT IS THE INVESTIGATING AUTHORITY .
5. DIRECT ALL ENQUIRIES TO THE INVESTIGATING AUTHORITY NOMINATED
IN PARA 4, ATTENTION XXXX XXXXXXX, TEL (XX) XXXX XXXX
6. THE IA ADVISES THAT THE CURRENT IN-SERVICE ADF RUNNER IS A
COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF (COTS) ITEM AND THAT THE LACE LENGTH IS AS A
RESULT OF THE ITEM BEING COTS. THE CURRENT RUNNER HAS BEEN IN ADF
SERVICE FOR 3-4 YEARS WITH NO RODUM ACTIVITY ON LACES.
7. THE ITEM FLEET MANAGER HAS ADVISED THAT DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD
WITH THE CURRENT SUPPLIER TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF LACES IN FUTURE
PROCUREMENT. THE FLEET MANAGER HAS ALSO ADVISED THAT NO ALTERNATE
SUITABLE LACE IS CATALOGUED TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT LACES IN A SHORT
TIME FRAME.
8. THE IA ADVISES THAT AS AN INTERIM MEASURE USERS SHOULD EITHER
DOUBLE KNOT THEIR LACES, OR TIE A KNOT AT THE REQUIRED LENGTH, CUT
OFF THE EXCESS AND THEN HEAT SEAL THE END WITH A FLAME.
9. ALL ACTION IN REGARD TO 1 RTB ARTC RODUM ARTC 2/2008, DMO RODUM
SEQUENCE NUMBER 20080854 IS NOW CONSIDERED COMPLETE. RODUM CLOSED
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Contact names and ph numbers removed for PERSEC
This has gone too far, and I had to vent on here ;D
You decide!
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TASK GROUPS TO DISSEMINATE TO MAINT ELM IN LOC
SUBJ: SAFETY - RODUM - SHOES, GYMNASIUM, NSN: 66-139-3407
A. 1 RTB ARTC, REPORT NUMNER ARTC 2/2008, DATED 23 MAY 2008
B. TRAMM VOLUME 2, SECTION 1, CHAPTER 5
1. REF A - ACK.
2. FOR REPORTING UNIT CONTACT CAPT XXXXXXX.
3. REF A DETAILED FAULT WITH THE LACES PROVIDED WITH THE ADF RUNNERS
ARE TOO LONG CAUSING TRIPPING.
4. DMO CLOSPO TECHNICAL SUPPORT IS THE INVESTIGATING AUTHORITY .
5. DIRECT ALL ENQUIRIES TO THE INVESTIGATING AUTHORITY NOMINATED
IN PARA 4, ATTENTION XXXX XXXXXXX, TEL (XX) XXXX XXXX
6. THE IA ADVISES THAT THE CURRENT IN-SERVICE ADF RUNNER IS A
COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF (COTS) ITEM AND THAT THE LACE LENGTH IS AS A
RESULT OF THE ITEM BEING COTS. THE CURRENT RUNNER HAS BEEN IN ADF
SERVICE FOR 3-4 YEARS WITH NO RODUM ACTIVITY ON LACES.
7. THE ITEM FLEET MANAGER HAS ADVISED THAT DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD
WITH THE CURRENT SUPPLIER TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF LACES IN FUTURE
PROCUREMENT. THE FLEET MANAGER HAS ALSO ADVISED THAT NO ALTERNATE
SUITABLE LACE IS CATALOGUED TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT LACES IN A SHORT
TIME FRAME.
8. THE IA ADVISES THAT AS AN INTERIM MEASURE USERS SHOULD EITHER
DOUBLE KNOT THEIR LACES, OR TIE A KNOT AT THE REQUIRED LENGTH, CUT
OFF THE EXCESS AND THEN HEAT SEAL THE END WITH A FLAME.
9. ALL ACTION IN REGARD TO 1 RTB ARTC RODUM ARTC 2/2008, DMO RODUM
SEQUENCE NUMBER 20080854 IS NOW CONSIDERED COMPLETE. RODUM CLOSED
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Contact names and ph numbers removed for PERSEC