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TM 38-470
m. Visual inspection. Visual examination of materiel in the storage location without disassembly, use of measurement
devices, or performance testing.
n. Large Medium Speed Roll-on/roll-off (LSMR) vessels. These vessels are designed as primary vehicle transports.
Cargoes include wheeled, tracked, self-propelled, and towed vehicles and equipment. Rapid cargo loading and discharge
operations characterize these vessels. This is accomplished by using a series of external and internal ramps and cargo
operations.
o. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS). Care, servicing, inspection, detection, and correction of
minor faults before these faults cause serious damage, failure, or injury. Requirements are found in -10 and -20
equipment TMs and Lubrication Orders (LO).
p. Download. The discharge of prepositioned equipment.
q. TM -10/-20 Maintenance Standard. The condition of equipment when(1) The equipment is fully mission capable (FMC).
(2) All faults are identified using the "items to check" column of the applicable TM -10-series and TM -20-series
PMCS table and:
(a) Corrective actions that are authorized to be accomplished at unit level, and for which required parts are
available, are completed.
(b) Required parts are requisitioned for faults that require them to complete the corrective actions.
(c) Corrective actions that are authorized to be accomplished at a maintenance level above the unit are on a
valid direct support maintenance request.
(3) Equipment services are performed within the scheduled service interval.
(4) All current, emergency, and urgent modification work orders are applied. Also, actions required by one-time
safety-of-use messages and safety-of-flight messages are completed.
(5) All authorized basic issue items and components of end items are presented and serviceable or on valid
requisition.
(6) All operational safety discrepancies are corrected (see AR 385-55, Section 2.7).
(7) One-time inspection and maintenance actions in safety-of-use messages have been accomplished.
(8) Current oil samples from engines, transmissions, etc., have been submitted to the Army Oil Analysis Program
(AOAP) as specified herein.
r. Offload preparation party (OPP). A team, specially trained and equipped, who depreserve and activate
prepositioned equipment prior to download/handoff at a contingency, exercise, or cyclic maintenance location.
s. Military levels of packing.
(1) Level A. Protection required to meet the most severe worldwide shipment, handling, and storage conditions. It
must, in tandem with the applied preservation, be capable of protecting materiel from the effects of direct exposure to
extremes of climate, terrain, and operational and transportation environments.
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