Interoperable office supplies
Much has been made in recent years about the importance of the military being able to act “jointly”. Oh, excuse me, Jointly. The “j” is capitalized to show how critical being Joint is. We have Navy Blue, Army Green, Marine Red and Air Force…I guess, blue. Put them all together and you get the fifth service in the United States military - Joint Purple.
Unfortunately, as much work has been done, even more is required.
What, for example, does one call an interoffice mail envelope? You know, something like, this brown, 10″ x 13″, string-tied, hole-ridden envelope. If you’re in the Air Force, it’s a Holy Joe. The Army calls it a Shotgun and the Navy and Marine Corps call it Guard Mail.
No wonder the services can’t communicate. They can’t name their office supplies the same.