PS Magazine Issue 107 1961 Series [107 ed.]

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Some poet got all

up once

upon a time and told the gruesome

details of what happened in his sector when some Joe goofed in his blacksmithing. Or, maybe it was the first echelon rider who goofed and didn't keep a sharp eye out for loose I.Wf.~~" nails and shoes on his steed.

Anyhow, you know all about how the nail was lost, the horseshoe was

lost, the horse was lost, the company

~~~:&;l\,..

runner got busted up ... the message

didn't get thru. As a result, the cavalry didn't know which pass to head 'em off at. The battle took a definite turn for the worse, and the kingdom

fell to the bad guys. Naturally, you say, this couldn't happen here, 'cause we've got world's best equipment. Sure-we've got the world's best equipment. So did the guy whose horse lost the nail. He had the best equipment of his time. But, he didn't keep his equipment maintained .. . and it was no longer the best. Same today, even more so. Because our equipment is far more complicated than a horse, a sword or

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spear. a rifle, truck, dozer, tank, radio o r

chopper- it has to be kept in top operating shape. Second best just won't fetch it. The most valuable maintenance that can be done on your outfit's

fighting equipment is what the user -gunner, driver, operator-does.

Operate it right - first and foremost. Then, you keep your eye, nose,

Some poet got all up once upon a time and told the gruesome details of what happened in his sector when some Joe goofed in his blacksmithing. Or, maybe it was the first echelon rider who goofed and didn't keep a sharp eye out for loose l.r~r~!M~" nails and shoes on his steed. Anyhow, you know all about how the nail was lost, the horseshoe was lost, the horse was lost, the company ~~~:&;l\T.:' runner got busted up ... the message didn't get thru. As a result, the cavalry didn't know which pass to head 'em off at. The battle took a definite turn for the worse, and the kingdom fell to the bad guys. Naturally, you say, this couldn't happen here, 'cause we've got th" ......_ ..... world's best equipment. spear. matter what Sure- we've got the world's best a riile, truck, dozer, tank, radio or equipment. So did the guy whose chopper- it has to be kept in top horse lost the nail. He had the best operating shape. Second best just equipment of his time. won't fetch it. The most valuable maintenance But, he didn't keep his equipment maintained ... and it was no longer that can be done on your outfit's the best. fighting equipment is what the user Same today, even more so. Be- -gunner, driver, operator-does. cause our equipment is far more Operate it right - first and forecomplicated than a horse, a sword or most. Then, yOll keep your eye, nose,

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