tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108340941503318870.post7807509184717673568..comments2021-06-10T14:53:55.046-04:00Comments on Archived U.S. Fleet Forces Command Blog (2009-2012): Visit to USS OAK HILL (LSD-51)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108340941503318870.post-63110022170198744252010-03-13T10:12:53.196-05:002010-03-13T10:12:53.196-05:00Battle Yeoman, it's always good to hear from y...Battle Yeoman, it's always good to hear from you and get the straight-gouge. I'll go and learn more about AKO/DKO. Thanks very much for the steer. All the best, JCHjrADM J. C. Harvey, Jr USNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108340941503318870.post-22091088468346815552010-03-11T13:07:16.579-05:002010-03-11T13:07:16.579-05:00Admiral,
R-ADM? The first thing I was ever instr...Admiral,<br /><br />R-ADM? The first thing I was ever instructed on aboard a ship was how to do a muster report in R-ADM, this on my first day in the Ship's Office. That was just about the only thing I was every shown how to do in R-ADM. I taught myself how to take care of PQS's in R-ADM a few years later when I became the training-PO. <br /><br />R-ADM is awesome, if anyone really knew how to use it, all of it. We could just about get rid of paper on ships. <br /><br />My opinion? Make a billet for YNs to go to SPAWAR, or whoever invented it, and be the training team that goes out to the Ships and teaches the YNs/PSs who live and die by that program. I literally would leave R-ADM open all the time, and not close it unless my beast-of-burden of a computer finally froze and had to be restarted. (The ITs used to make wagers on how many windows I would have simultaneously open on my PC. The record was 43)<br /><br />TOPS... Sir, TOPS almost gave me an ulcer on my last deployment. I learned about TOPS when I was told by PAPA Det that they couldn't accept my paperwork any more because I wasn't submitting through this thing, called TOPS. They didn't exactly jump to help me get an account either. About a week later we figured it out and got it rolling. But, then we did a mission where Rivercity had to be set. So, now I couldn't use TOPS. <br /><br />All of our efforts in utilizing electronic methods of administration to include NKO are paltry compared to the amazingly robust and mature programs developed by the Army. AKO is a dream to use as is DKO (Defense Knowledge Online). The Army doesn't need TOPS, because they have AKO/DKO which functions just like TOPS does for us, and more. They also have what's called "S-1 net". S-1 net is like the YN homepage on NKO, except on steroids and useful. Everything an Army administrator needs is just about right there. I don't know who the Army got to put that all together for them, but AKO/DKO is simply the best proprietary DoD program I have ever used. <br /><br />I would even say that if we can not get TOPS and R-ADM to where the Army has many of their electronic tools in two years. Scrap them both and adapt the Army's tools to our needs. Because they've done the leg work, let's just flatter them with imitation. <br /><br />V/r<br />YN2(SW) Battle YeomanBATTLE YEOMANnoreply@blogger.com