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To: pboyington

I never thought about it but I guess you could say I was pre-Power Point. I was old school, part of a long line of “overhead projector” warriors that had been fighting on every sea and continent since WWII.


5 posted on 07/28/2018 4:31:18 PM PDT by BBell (shoot shot shoot shot shoot shot gimme a tissue!!!)
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To: BBell

I came in when there were still manual stenciling machines to produce training schedules.

The first copier I ever used was at a Brigade HQS. It was the size of a small house.

I remember our first IBM selectric typewriter arriving in the orderly room. Disposition Forms were the standard for correspondence, using carbon paper for copies.

Back when 1SGs still had to produce daily Company Morning Reports before the PACs were formed at Bn Level and SIDPERs was still a concept.

Back when pulling Company Pay Officer on pay day complete with loaded .45 was still a thing.

Finally had rudimentary word processors (Wangs) and databases for personnel records in the late eighties.

Started using military e-mail and PowerPoint in the mid nineties.

Saw a lot of technology change in 25 years.


14 posted on 07/28/2018 5:17:56 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Whose Gonna Fill Their Shoes...?)
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