Journeyman said:
Give it to the Jimmies to carry; apparently that's the best way to deal with pubs.
Well, they do need to be read somehow.
recceguy said:
But not before some Jimmy NCO says you can, apparently.
Well, if people keep buying whatever they want, we'll keep getting guys show up wanting to us to set DWAN up these:
Now, jokes aside, as far as the original request: SAFETY/RANGE PUBS
My old unit, we did get approval from a certain Training area for laptop with a USB stick loaded with the electronic copies of the pubs to meet the requirement.
However, we still needed to have our Range Box with required hard copy of pubs available. Reasoning being, what if your laptop/power source dies.
Spin-off: sourcing tablets/e-readers
If it already in the system, you need change your unit's entitlement to get them. Off the top of my head, I know of Blackberry playbooks in the system (they suck, but they're there, and you can hook em up to DWAN or BB's).
CF-19's are overkill for a PAM/PUB repository, and I'm sure any available should be required for other tasks.
Believe me, I've had issues procuring stuff. Yes, I understand it's frustrating when you have a budget, and want to buy something, and I say "I can't get that for you, it's not allowed."
IS procurement is a HUGE PITA. And it seems to me that RFCs are base in area's, not nationwide, so "yes I understand some Col in Kingston has a USB turbohub hooked-up to his DVPNI laptop, but apparently I have to jump through the hoops here in Western Area to get you one sir. Turn around is however long it takes"
I would love to be able to just go out and buy proven kit, especially if it's with someone else money, but unfortunately, I get my pee pee slapped pretty hard for it. Personally, if it's not going to be plugged into the IS infrastructure, and it's not in the system, get your RQ to LPO.
spin-off: Empire building & SSC
It's there, it's going to happen, we'll keep trying to find fixes to avoid it, but it IS going to affect everyone. Timelines have already gotten longer for repair/replacement, as approval levels keep going higher and higher.
Unhappy with it? Talk to your Ops, have them start engaging your J6 levels, with documented examples of slow timeframe and lack of answers.
Sorry I can't just buy stuff for you with your budget/money.