Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services

Visit a formation where a command team emphasizes the importance of command maintenance. Join as a new Soldier learns how to read a 5988-E and PMCS his vehicle properly.

Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services, or PMCS, is the foundation of field level maintenance. It includes all checks and services performed by the operator/crew and the field maintenance section. Its purpose is to identify and correct faults as early as possible to ensure the full service life of the equipment. PMCS ensures that equipment meets fully mission capable standards and is able to perform its combat missions.