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Surface Wire Grounding System (N SN 5820-01-263-1760.) provides a better
ground than the standard ground rod and because shorter stakes are used
it is easier to install and recover.
        POC is LTC. Karl R. Woodruff, Commander CRTC, DSN (317) 363-1990
or COM (907) 873-1990.

17.   1~bricants.  GAA is commonly used as a lubricant/grease but the GAA
lower limits are warmer than Grease Molybdenum Disulfide, GMD,  (NSN
9150-00-935-4108) and the GAA upper limits are lower than GMD.   GMD may
therefore provide better service in the extreme heat experienced during
ODS.   Dry lubricants may also provide solution to some of the lubrica-
tion problems.
        POC is LTC. Karl R. Woodruff, Commander CRTC, DSN (317) 363-1990
or COM (907) 873-1990.

18.   Mobility.   If better mobility is required on marginal sand condi-
tions,  the Small Unit Support Vehicle (SUSV) may provide for better,
more certain mobility and support.
        POC is LTC. Karl R. Woodruff, Commander CRTC, DSN (317) 363-1990
or COM (907) 873-1990.

19.   Sand Stabilization.   Methods to slow migration of sand are used in
coastal regions now and include the use of drift fences to stop wind
driven sand migration.    The use of perforated steel planking (PS?)
should be done only with the understanding that high maintenance times
will be required to repair (weld) broken connecting tabs and to replace
panels which have failed or been damaged.   Type of traffic and number of
cycles across this materiel will govern the extent of maintenance
required.    Effectiveness of surface treatments will vary greatly with
the amount and type used.    Soil-cement stabilization using cement, a
tractor mounted rototiller, a roller and the appropriate water content
may provide surfaces for many operations and preclude damage to sensi-
tive equipment.    Soil-cement stabilization holds great promise to solve
many of these problems.
          POC is LTC. Karl R. Woodruff, Commander CRTC, DSN (317) 363-1990 or
COM (907) 873-1990.

20.   Corrosion.   Corrosion problems in desert salt marsh areas stem from the
basic triad of oxygen, moisture, and activating chemicals.    The principal ac-
tivating chemical is salt, and little humidity is required to make it corro-
sive.   There are a number of methods of mitigating corrosion,  the most effec-
tive (and expensive) of which is to use materials so noble that they are not
attacked by any common medium.    Since this is generally prohibitively expen-
sive, the materials choice is generally driven by cost/mechanical property
tradeoffs, with carbon steel usually the winner by far.    Since steel is rela-
tively easily corroded, at least in an exterior atmosphere,   it is generally
coated.    There are a wide range of what could be considered protective coat-
ings ranging from rust and mill scale to exotic coating systems which may in-
volve combinations of etching. plating, mechanically working the surface, im-
pregnation of porosity or rust, paints, gums, asphalt or even portland cement.
Many of these are highly effective, but most lose some or all of their effec-
tiveness when damaged.    This los  may be minimal as in the case of a scratch
on hot-dipped galvanized steel, or it may be disastrous as a scratch through
tinplate (on the inside of a can of a corrosive food product,   like tomato


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