WIDD-James(MAJ) RICEJ (WIDD-James(MAJ) RICEJ) wrote:
> TACOM does track by USA number, just not forever. While a battery
> commander, our property book had serial number for some vehicles and
> the serial of others. During my tenure, we had to get both USA and
> serial entered onto the property book. Also, seems all of our records
> had USA number recorded. These records went with the vehicle when
> it went away (as did my wrecked HMMWV).
>
> While contract information is deleted after so much time, all record of the
> USA number is not deleted/destroyed. The USA number is as unique as
> is the serial. In fact, the USA is the Army's assigned serial for the
> vehicle.
>
> Why do they need a USA number rather than just using a serial number?
> I DON'T KNOW!!! I suppose it is something like the registration number on
> an airplane. Easy to identify and mark on the vehicle rather some long
> string of characters.
>
> Jim Rice
>
> >>> DP Dusenbury <dp@interpath.com> 10/23/98 02:47pm >>>
> WIDD-James(MAJ) RICEJ (WIDD-James(MAJ) RICEJ) wrote:
> >
> > The 3F 2708 is the USA number. It is commonly called the hood
> number.
> > It is a seperate number for tracking individual vehicles. The Tank
>
> Good info, Jim. Thanks.
>
> Is there anyplace I can trace this number, i.e. find out the
> history/units of my vehicle?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DP
>
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