One of a series of training manuals prepared for enlisted personnel in the Navy and Naval Reserve, this self-study unit relates directly to the occupational qualifications of the Aviation Support Equipment Technician M rating. Contents include a 15-chapter text followed by a subject index, qualifications for advancement, and the associated nonresident career course (fourteen reading assignments and technical questions based on the 15 chapters). Chapter headings are (1) Aviation Support Equipment Technician M Rating, (2) Tools and Lifting Devices, (3) Aviation Support Equipment, (4) Physics, (5) Publications, Maintenance Information Automated Retrieval System (MIARS), and Drawings, (6) Reciprocating Combustion Engines, (7) Reciprocating Gasoline Engines, (8) Diesel Engines, (9) Chassis Systems, (10) Power Trains, (11) Hardware, Fuels, Lubricants, and Hydraulic Fluids, (12) Gas Turbine Compressors, (13) Air Conditioners, (14) Preservation, and (15) Environmental Pollution Control. The appendixes include information on the metric system and a glossary of terms. (HD)