AEROGRAPHER'S MATE 3 & 2 



REPLENISHMENT 



Replacement or replenishment of all mete- 

 orological equipment and material is made in 

 accordance with applicable portions of the NAV- 

 SUP Manual and NAVAIR (AIR-05F) Instructions 

 and Notices. 



Activities are responsible for maintaining 

 complete allowances and for initiating requests 

 to cover increased quantities or additional ma- 

 terial resulting from the revision of allowances. 

 However, serviceable equipment on hand must 

 not be returned to stock in favor of requesting 

 similar or more modern items indicated in the 

 revised allowance list. 



Major Equipment 



Major equipment, not in excess of allowance, 

 is requisitioned by submitting an appropriate 

 requisition form to the nearest Meteorological 

 Stock Point, listing items by stock number and 

 nomenclature. Requisitions must bear an appro- 

 priate project code to indicate the reason for 

 submission. 



Requisitions for additional items or quanti- 

 ties of major equipment in excess of allowances 

 are submitted with complete justification to 

 Naval Air Systems Command (AIR-05F) via 

 Naval Weather Service. 



Other Supplies 



All other supplies are requisitioned on the 

 basis of individual station requirements and 

 their current stock status in accordance with 

 the applicable procedures for requisitioning re- 

 ferred to above. High usage items, consumed 

 on a scheduled basis and requiring continuous 

 replenishment, should be maintained at a 90-day 

 stock level as determined by an activity's re- 

 quirement. Additionally, a quantity, not to ex- 

 ceed an activity's 90-day requirement, is 

 authorized to be on order to cover administra- 

 tive delivery time from the distribution point. 

 This is not to be construed as a restriction for 

 fleet units preparing for extended deployment. 

 Such units base their requirements on the length 

 of deployment and the accessibility of materials. 



Helium 



Helium gas and its container are individual 

 items of supply and therefore separately ac- 

 countable. Gas cylinders are issued on a free 



exchange basis when practicable, an empty cyl- 

 inder being exchanged for a full cylinder of the 

 same stock number. Under such circumstances 

 the only charge is for the gas issued from 

 stores. When a full cylinder is issued and no 

 empty cylinder is turned in for exchange, charge 

 is made for the gas and cylinder, in accordance 

 with Naval Supply Systems Command Manual 

 directives. 



Forms, Charts, and Publications 



Weather plotting charts for all Department 

 of Defense activities are printed and distributed 

 by the Defense Mapping Agency Information 

 Center. A list of available charts and requisi- 

 tioning instructions is contained in NA 50-1G- 

 518, DOD Catalog of Weather Plotting Charts. 



Meteorological forms are requisitioned ac- 

 cording to procedures described in NAVSUP 

 2002, Section I and Section II. 



Meteorological Technical Publications are 

 requisitioned according to procedures presented 

 in NAVSUP 2002, Section VIII, Part C. 



SPARE PARTS, ACCESSORIES, 

 AND INSTRUCTION MANUALS 



Aerographer's Mates do not requisition spare 

 parts for most meteorological equipments; but 

 they should have a knowledge of how spare 

 parts are obtained and, in addition, how ac- 

 cessories and instruction manuals for these 

 equipments are obtained. 



Spare Parts 



Spare parts for meteorological equipments 

 are comprised of two types; e.g., parts pecu- 

 liar to specific meteorological equipment, and 

 parts common to other electronic equipments. 



Spare parts are listed in applicable technical 

 manuals and are furnished in accordance with 

 Naval Air Systems Command Outfitting Direc- 

 tives when activities are commissioned or re- 

 activated. Meteorological Units authorized 

 equipment subsequent to commissioning or re- 

 activation must initiate procurement. 



Allowance of spare parts, is requisitioned 

 by the cognizant Supply Officer and maintained 

 in stock as required in support of the me- 

 teorological equipment operated by the station. 



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