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pamphlet. Explain those symbols or subsymbols in the Remarks block of DD Form 314 or in the SOP. For example,
may be used S1, SB2, or Lm, L5, L6, L12, or others might be used to show difficult services or manage the services
pulled. Subsymbols should be scheduled to explain a service and lube pulled at the same time.
(h) To schedule a service, its symbol is written in pencil in the date due block with its miles, kilometers, or hours
beside it. (Not all services will have miles or hour intervals.)
1. A service may not always be pulled when it is scheduled. So a 10 percent variance is provided before or after the
scheduled day, miles, or hours. Within the variance, the service is treated as if it was done on the day/miles/hours
schedule.
2. Some services cannot use the 10 percent variance because time is too critical. The TM PMCS table should always
be checked before using the variance. For example, the MLRS is specifically NMC if the safety load test date has
expired. The PMCS table always takes precedence over the 10 percent variance rule.
3. When the service is within the variance, ink in the symbol with the equipment’s miles, kilometers, or hours on
the date it was scheduled. When a service outside the variance is completed, erase the scheduled symbol and data, and
ink in the symbol with data on the actual day the service was completed. Schedule the next service from the new date.
4. When the service exceeds the 10 percent variance, the equipment is administratively designated NMC until the
next service is completed.
(i) Services vary the most when the LO requires a lube—
1. By hours, miles, or kilometers only. Enter the miles, kilometers, or hours when the next lube is due in the
Remarks block. Ink in the symbol L and the hours, miles, or kilometers on the equipment in the block for the day the
lube was performed.
2. On a date interval. Enter the symbol L on the date block the lube is due. Enter the miles, kilometers, or hours
(when they apply) next to the symbol. When the lube is done, ink in the L and the miles or hours.
(2) Documentation. Show completed periodic services and lubes, by inking in the symbol or symbols and miles or
hours. DD Forms 314 are tied to unit-level services and their intervals. The number of DD Forms 314 needed varies,
based on the equipment and how and where maintenance is pulled. Normally, one DD Form 314 covers one piece of
equipment. One DD Form 314 may cover several like items if the services are scheduled and pulled on the same date.
Examples of like items are small arms and protective masks. When scheduling services on more than one item, enter
each item’s serial number in the Remarks block. Like equipment or subsystems, reportable under AR 700–138, cannot
be combined on one DD Form 314.
(3) Reporting. NMC days are shown on equipment reported under AR 700–138.
(a) NMC time is kept on equipment that is reported under AR 700–138, tables B–1 and B–2, as a single item or as a
subsystem.
(b) Equipment reportable under AR 700–138, tables B–1 and B–2, need a record of NMCM/NMCS time. NMC
days on that equipment are kept on the reverse of DD Form 314 or on a separate DD Form 314 only when the
equipment has a deficiency defined as NMC in the PMCS NOT MISSION CAPABLE IF column. Deficiencies not
covered by the PMCS NOT MISSION CAPABLE IF column or equivalent carry a status symbol X or CIRCLED X,
but NMC time is not counted for those deficiencies. Those deficiencies are carried on DA Form 2404.
(c) Unit NMCM days are shown with the symbol O. An S inside the O is entered for unit NMCS. Unit NMCM/
NMCS days are posted as they occur. The letter X is used for each day the equipment is NMCM at support
maintenance. The letter S is entered over an X on the days equipment was NMCS at support maintenance. If support
does not provide a day-by-day breakout, the total number of support NMCM/NMCS days is used in the Remarks
block. The front side of DD Form 314 is used to schedule services. The reverse side or another DD Form 314 is used
to show NMCM/NMCS time.
(d) Support maintenance indicates which or how many days were NMCM/NMCS on the completed DA Form 2407
or a SAMS printout. This time is posted to DD Form 314. NMC time on equipment still in support maintenance at the
end of a report period is provided to the owning unit by telephone or other local means.
(e) For NMC time, equipment that is NMC at the end of the day is counted NMC for the whole day. Equipment that
is fully mission capable at the end of the day is counted as FMC for the whole day. A day is the normal workday for a
command (see AR 700–138, chapter 4, for missiles).
(f) When equipment is loaned to another unit or activity, a copy of DD Form 314 goes with the equipment. The
borrowing unit reports NMCM/NMCS time on the equipment. This information is also given to the owning unit at the
end of the reporting period and when the equipment is returned.
(g) NMC time is posted on a separate DD Form 314 for each subsystem specifically identified in AR 700–138,
tables B–1 and B–2. Another separate DD Form 314 is kept on the overall system, which is the system card. The
system DD Form 314 shows the NMCM/NMCS time on the combined system.
(4) AOAP instructions. Scheduling oil samples on DD Form 314 is optional when the lab provides a printout that
lists when the next sample is due. Oil samples are scheduled in pencil on DD Form 314. When the sample is taken the
symbol and hours are erased from DD Form 314 and the next sample is scheduled in pencil.
(5) Local guidelines. Maintenance, services, or inspections are managed locally as directed by the unit commander.
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