How is it that in a military known for being the most technologically advanced in the world we can't get an email account set up for at least a week? My friend recently went to work for a company and on his third day he was sending emails. And it could be he's lazy and might have had it earlier than that. The new Osprey can fly as a helicopter and airplane and yet it takes an act of Congress to get a computer that's even less than a couple of years old. The military has the technological might to put a laser-guided bomb through your window and into the wastebasket in your office. However, we can't spend money the first two weeks in October because it's the new fiscal year and money hasn't been loaded. The most advanced Air Force in the world is celebrating 60 years of existence and after about 5 years of talking there is finally a universal email account so you don't have to change your email address every time you go to a new assignment.
When I see commercials touting our speed and lethality I have to laugh because it applies to about 20% of the military. Stealth aircraft--no problem. Getting you an ID card in less than 3 hours--big problem.
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Its all the old guys entrenched in their ways. We are going to start circulating EPRs via email and some people started going crazy.
The military's problem is that there is no bottom line. If it was about money like any other company, they would be forced to do things to save money. But here, they can just bitch about it, and print off their EPR.
My favorite part is people still require a floppy disk and yet you have to get that as an addition to new computers!
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