PS Magazine: The Preventative Maintenance Monthly is a comic-book style Army publication aimed mostly at the Army materiel and logistics community, responsible for much of the service's equipment maintenance. PS dates back to 1951, but the latest version is decidedly digital-era with the upcoming release of an interactive app version of the magazine.
The app, demonstrated at the AUSA Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, in March, features videos, hot topics, access to back issues and links to resources. Users can choose from sections such as combat vehicles or aviation.
"One way we used to address keeping soldiers informed of maintenance and supply was through PS Magazine. Times change, of course, and so has the way our young soldiers receive information," Gen. Dennis Via, commander of Army Materiel Command, said at the symposium as he showed the audience a video introducing the app. "AMC, though the Logistics Support Activity…is also changing the way we provide this information to our soldiers. In a few months LOGSA will introduce a digital PS Magazine mobile app to help empower our soldiers to increase their unit readiness."
The app is due to go live June 1.
