USING SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Figure 1-7.—Front cover of FATHOM. Figure 1-6.—Cover of an AIMS NEWSLETTER. Electronic Systems Engineering Activity (NESEA), a newsletter is written and sent out. To obtain back copies of the AIMS newsletters, contact the Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Activity (Code 2114), St. Inigoes, Maryland. You may also access an AIMS hotline if you have questions or problems concerning maintenance. The number for the AIMS hotline is DSN 326-3512, extension 8229. Figure 1-6 is an illustration of the front cover of an AIMS NEWSLETTER. FATHOM FATHOM is an afloat safety review periodical in magazine form. It is published bimonthly by the Naval Safety Center in Norfolk Virginia. FATHOM contains articles pertaining to safety issues of concern to surface and submarine forces and is distributed primarily to these forces. Figure 1-7 shows a front cover of FATHOM. In the previous paragraphs we have discussed only a few of the periodicals that are available in the fleet. You may want to use the technical periodicals to keep up to date with any changes that may occur to policy or equipment configuration. However, remember, that most periodicals are for information purposes only and do not change or supersede policies, directives, or instructions. USING SOURCES OF INFORMATION Use bulletins, instructions, and periodicals to increase your knowledge of electronics. They are excellent sources for discovering new techniques in troubleshooting and testing of equipment, and for obtaining updates on safety procedures. You can use individual command logs, such as those that we mentioned earlier, to keep an accurate history of equipment performance, and the location of test equipment. You can also use the sources of information that we discussed above as training aids for new] y reporting personnel. New personnel can use the sources to bring themselves up to date on new procedures and troubleshooting techniques. In addition they can use the 1-5