The Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS) Users Manual

(7) DD Form 1970 may be used as a continuation sheet for a DA Form 5987-E when authorized by the commander.
Only one DD Form 1970 may be used per DA Form 5987-E.
b. Disposition.
(1) The dispatcher—
(a) Puts the time of return on DA Form 2401.
(b) Transcribes needed information to a new DD Form 1970. For equipment under the AOAP, the dispatcher uses
the quantity of oil added from the Remarks block. This number is added to the total in the Oil block at the top of the
completed DD Form 1970. The new total is entered in the Oil block of the new DD Form 1970. The dispatcher keeps a
total of oil added to the item only until the next oil sample is taken. The date and hour of the next oil sample are found
on DA Form 5823 and DD Form 314. When an oil sample is taken, the figure in the Oil block of DD Form 1970 goes
to zero. This information is needed for DD Form 2026 (Oil Analysis Request) that is sent in with each oil sample.
(c) Adds the fuel added during dispatches to the total in the Fuel block, when required locally. The new total is
placed in the Fuel block on the new DD Form 1970. Local standard operating procedures (SOPs) determine how long
and when fuel totals are kept.
(d) Looks for any unusual entries in the Remarks block that need further action.
(e) Keeps the last completed DD Form 1970 until a new form is completed, after needed information has been
moved to other forms. No more than two DD Forms 1970 may be kept on the equipment: one completed copy on file
and one open for dispatch.
(f) Keeps DD Form 1970 on the equipment until released by the investigator, when equipment is involved in an
accident or other situation under investigation. A new DD Form 1970 is prepared the next time the vehicle is
dispatched.
(2) A completed DD Form 1970—
(a) When used to dispatch equipment, is considered completed whenever the operator blocks, time in and out
blocks, or destination blocks are filled. The commander may line out unused portion to close out a form whenever
needed.
(b) When used to show running time on equipment is considered completed when the destination or operator blocks
are filled.
2–12. DA Form 5982–E/DA Form 2401
DA Form 5982–E and DA Form 2401 are records of operators and location of equipment on dispatch or in use.
a. Use.
(1) Units using ULLS are not required to use a DA Form 2401. ULLS generates a DA Form 5982–E for all
equipment dispatched (fig 2–12).
(2) DA Form 2401 is used under manual procedures.
(3) The form documents equipment use. It also lets the commander know where the equipment is and when it
should return.
b. General information on DA Form 2401.
(1) DA Form 2401 (fig 2–13) may be overprinted when the same equipment is dispatched every day.
(2) A separate DA Form 2401 is used to show the dispatch of radio taxis. When DA Form 2401 is used for radio
cab dispatch, columns a through m are filled in as required locally.
(3) The same page may be used for more than one day. A line is drawn through the middle of columns a through e
below the last dispatch entry for a day. The next date is written in column f (Destination), then a line is drawn through
the middle of columns g through i. No line or date entry is made for days no equipment is dispatched.
(4) Separate line entries are used for equipment that is towed to a location but that will not return with the
dispatched equipment.
(5) Equipment for command maintenance periods or routine maintenance is not dispatched unless it leaves the
equipment or maintenance facility area.
(6) Equipment sent to support maintenance on a DA Form 2407 is dispatched on DD Form 1970 and DA Form
2401, except as noted in paragraph 2–10a(3) and 2–11a(5).
c. Disposition.
(1) DA Form 5982–E/DA Form 2401 is destroyed after one month except in the case of an accident investigation
after the last entry in column 1 has been closed out.
(2) If an accident or unusual situation occurs, DA Form 2401 is kept until the investigator releases it.
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