Digital/Paper"less" Barracks Room, Office, e.t.c.

[50Cal]

Something I sometimes do for free and sometimes to pay for gas. Anyway, I believe NCOs, Officers, and/or those in that ballpark will benefit from this:

Digital/Paper"less" office will eliminate/greatly reduce the clutter caused by the stacks of paper and files of paper in your soldiers barracks rooms. Consult with your Technology Support Battalion for details (or send me a Private Message if you have any questions)

Implementing such a system would involve:
- Consultation
- Cataloging System
- Digital Imaging of Paper/Folders
- Use of supporting imaging/digital devices/systems.
- Instruction Manual on how to digitally image and catalog documents.
- Structured training for your soldiers on maintaining such a system.
- Optional: Integration of other CE (Consumer Electronics) media to enhance the life of the average soldier.
- Upgrades to the various systems/storage media needed for such systems
- Optional: Logistics that aim to achieve the same goal as the digital/paper"less" barracks room.

A digital/paper"less" barracks room means:
- Less stress/confusion for the soldier.
- Better environment (less trees are used)
- Document portability
- Less difficulty in presenting information to other soldiers.
- Ability to incorporate multimedia into your documents/folders.
- Easier to share paper records with NCOs on the other side of the base without expending time resources that can be applied to force improvement.
- Redundancy of records (meaning if you loose your army docs, well, you still have copies stored in multiple locations, maybe a trusted buddy).
- Eliminates need of fax* or young soldiers wasting $$$ at business centers just to send documents to other parties.
- Makes searching for documents easier.
- Easier life, less worries, happier soldier, happier company/unit.

Ok, now for soldiers/those in military installations please speak with your NCO/Chain of Command/Technology Battalion on how to implement this system. It is fairly simple. I.e., if you passed the ASVAB you have the brains to do it.

In simple terms, just means getting rid of all the paper in your barracks room after scanning them into digital format (e.g. PDF, JPEG, TIFF, e.t.c

I'm a civilian so dont call me sir.

[50Cal]

What do you think we use? Stone tablets?

It depends on what you mean. The answer to this question could be "yes" or "no". See, logically speaking you'll get a "No, dont think the highly advanced 21st century military would have paper in the offices". However, technically speaking, depending in which part of the world one is in, the answer could easily be a "yes". This is because in some parts of the world where Silicone grains have fused together due to various temperature anomalies you can literally find Silicone rocks. Being a marine vet that has probably travelled the world, you'll agree with the opinion that certain cultures refer to "rocks" as "stones". Now, the innards of some state of the art Tablet PCs used in the military/many huge organizations, are made with Silicone. So then if you're looking at the question from this perspective "Do you think we use Stone/aka Silicone Tablets?, then yes.

Actually, this system of information storage is the one that could be implemented for those new soldiers....

You're in Dallas, TX? I met an ex-marine there once. He's some kind of trainer.

[The Holmchicken]

What the fuck is this drivel? Less stress/confusion on the soldier? Are you serious? By the way, there is no "Technology Support Battalion". This isn't BattleStar Galactica or whatever.

[50Cal]

I edited out the rambling part........now whats left

I'm a civilian so dont call me sir.

How about .....shithead ?

Ranger Tater Nuts

LMAOO!! Mannn!! I'm not laughing at being called *##%head just the very top sentence. U know, that rambling stuff was part of my comedy material. I also wanted to guage how annoying it was to check if I can actually use it on stage....well, got my results from you and Ranger HolmChicken....lol....drivel.

Ranger Holmchicken: Disregard all the tech stuff. Basically just saying you can help new soldiers keep neater rooms by taking all the doggon excess paper and running 'em through a scanner and saving the files on a doggon CDRW. That simple. Don't mean their is a unit named exactly "Technology Support Battalion", just a unit that handles the tech stuff, could be called whatever, at least that's how it was in NTC and Meade.

[Horned Toad]

this is how the government works
" oh hey lets make shit neater by putting it on disk"
spends millions to by equipment makes disk, makes a copy of the disk, then stores all the paper incase the disk fails

also don’t CDRW have a limited shelf life

sounds like a while back when they government tried to go to a paperless system, it made more paper work


that and what fucking soldier has stacks of paper in their barracks, I had a stack of cassettes, a drawer full of maps and a Para Ordnance P12 that made it though every health and welfare inspection

[50Cal]

this is how the government works
" oh hey lets make shit neater by putting it on disk"
spends millions to by equipment makes disk, makes a copy of the disk, then stores all the paper incase the disk fails

also don’t CDRW have a limited shelf life

sounds like a while back when they government tried to go to a paperless system, it made more paper work


that and what fucking soldier has stacks of paper in their barracks, I had a stack of cassettes, a drawer full of maps and a Para Ordnance P12 that made it though every health and welfare inspection

Ranger Horned Toad,

Well said. Thats exactly what I was looking for. Simply put, ask yourself these questions:

If you're on the other side of the base, or at another base altogether:
- How fast could you get to your drawer full of maps if you wanted to show a location real quick?
- You're telling your buddy about one particular song in ur stack of cassettes how fast can you play that song for him?
- Some dumb recruit is BSing a civilian chic at the bowling center that a "Para Ordnance P12" is a secret CIA classification how fast can you show that private the picture of the P12, what it really is....after smoking him with 300 ranger pushups?
- When you're at home on leave how quickly can you show your family a video tour of your barracks room, or play a song from ur stack of tapes?

Well, if you're away from ur barracks room, at the other side of the base, or at another base, and you can do each of those things in 5minutes, or all of them in 15minutes, you probably wouldn't have much need for a digital/paper"less" barracks room.

[rgrpuck]

Look Bud ....


Working in Ops will show you how much the PAPERLESS army is a fucking dream. The more info that is out there then the more people will want to have it in hard copy. No one trusts making everything digital.

[50Cal]

Look Bud ....


Working in Ops will show you how much the PAPERLESS army is a fucking dream. The more info that is out there then the more people will want to have it in hard copy. No one trusts making everything digital.

Yes, Rgr Puck. I agree with that but I'm not talking about a mass digitization. Just talking about a single, or few barracks room scenario. Well imagine all the young privates out their that get their paycheck stubs and misplace them, then when tax season comes they start giving their units POC for tax some hell. Well, what if once every 2weeks you show the soldier how to scan the doggon paycheck stub and save it their, that way the doggon stubs are there even if he loses the paper version. Paper"less does not necessarily mean NO PAPER, it does mean LESS PAPER, hence the " ".

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[rgrpuck]

whatever

[50Cal]

Think of how much it would save logistically, ie. need grenades ? just scan a few. MRE's no problem, I have them on disk. It works just like porn in place of real women. Someone get me a poster of a nuke to send to N Korea .......ASAP.

Ok, thats a good one. Ok, I'm about to fall off my chair. Well, grenades and MREs aint paper. Quick question....What percentage of people on this board are infantry/field dogs, e.t.c

Ranger Puck: Whats with the rollie eyes? Do guys do that?

[SkyShark]

Why do I feel like you are trying to sell somtehting?