Furniture and Dining Facility Equipment

b. Personal packages brought into or out of subsistence storage areas will be

prohibited.

c. Access to ration storage areas will be limited to individuals conducting official

business.

d. Operational rations on parked vehicles will be stored in locked enclosed cans,

trailers, and armored vehicles or under the surveillance of a responsible unit member or

guard.

e. Shipping containers, cases, etc., will be inspected to ensure they are empty and

cardboard boxes will be flattened before disposal.

f. Personnel lockers will be located in a designated area away from loose or

broken containers of foodstuffs.

14. Furniture and Dining Facility Equipment. Work buildings or rooms in which these

items are located will be secured when a responsible member permanently assigned to the

particular activity is present. In a dining facility for example, a cook, the food service

sergeant (FSS), dining facility officer, or commander must be present when the facility is

open. A kitchen helper performing charge of quarters (CQ) duty from a roster is

unacceptable since the individual is not permanently assigned by tables of organization

and equipment (TOE) and tables of distribution and allowances (TDA) to the dining

facility staff. Minimum security will consist of closing and locking external windows

and doors.

15. Expendable or Consumable Supplies. Items not issued for actual use will be

centrally stored in secured cabinets, containers, rooms, or buildings and away from food

preparation and storage areas. Keys and access to storage facilities will be controlled as

outlined later.

16. Security Measures for Keys, Locks, and Chains. Keys and padlocks used to protect

foodstuffs and subsistence storage facilities will stringently control the number of

personnel with access to keys and combinations.

a. A key custodian will be appointed to issue and receive keys and maintain

accountability for office, unit, or activity keys. The key custodian will ensure that

individuals are designated to issue, receive, and account for keys in his or her absence

and that they clearly understand local key control procedures.

b. Keys will be signed out to authorized personnel as needed, using a key control

register. The key control register will contain the identification number of the key, date

and hour of issuance, signature of recipient, initials of individual issuing the key, date and

hour of return, and initials of person receiving the returned key. When not in use, the key

control register will be kept in a locked container with controlled access.

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