MIL-DTL-15011K
5. PACKAGING.
5.1. Packaging. For acquisition purposes, the packaging requirements shall be as specified in the
contract or order. When packaging of materiel is to be performed by DOD or in-house contractor
personnel, these personnel need to contact the responsible packaging activity to ascertain packaging
requirements. Packaging requirements are maintained by the Inventory Control Point s packaging
activities within the Military Service or Defense Agency, or within the military service s system
commands. Packaging data retrieval is available from the managing Military Department s or Defense
Agency s automated packaging files, CD-ROM products, or by contacting the responsible packaging
activity.
6. Notes.
(This section contains information of a general or explanatory nature that may be helpful, but is
not mandatory.)
6.1. Parenthetical note. This section contains information of a general or explanatory nature that
may be helpful, but is not mandatory.
6.2. Intended use. Items covered by this specification are intended for use in the palletization of
military items and it has no commercial application.
6.3. Procurement requirements. Acquisition documents should specify the following:
a. Title, number and date of this specification and all reference documentation cited in
this specification (see 2.2.1). The referenced documents will be those current at the
time of solicitation or contract.
b. Requirements for submission of first article sample (see 4.2).
c. Type, class, style, and size of pallet (see 1.2).
d. When moisture content is specified (see 3.2.1.4).
e. When heat treatment is required (see 3.2.1.2).
f. When preservative treatment is required (see 3.2.2).
g. When pallets are to be marked (see 3.4).
h. Requirements for acceptance inspection equipment designs (see 6.5).
6.4. Wood defect definitions.
brash decay characteristic, which is the breaking of the grain without splintering.
season checks separations of the wood that normally occur across or through the annual rings,
usually as a result of seasoning (see Figure 1).
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