Posted on Sep 6, 2014
Thoughts on Mandatory Issued Govt Cell-Phones for All
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What are your thoughts if you were issued (including every service member in the US Military) a cell phone at the expense of the government? The only catch is that you are obligated to answer all calls and emails in a timely manner.
Would such an issued phone assist you with your work-load? I have come across several service members who they had one (due to cost on their end) and some who dread the current BB cellphones that are issued. If it was mandatory, what suggestions would you have to make it a workable policy?
Do you support the mandatory issue of a wearable watch such as Pebble, the rumored iWatch, or a Moto 360 to help keep track of all the calls and emails?
Would such an issued phone assist you with your work-load? I have come across several service members who they had one (due to cost on their end) and some who dread the current BB cellphones that are issued. If it was mandatory, what suggestions would you have to make it a workable policy?
Do you support the mandatory issue of a wearable watch such as Pebble, the rumored iWatch, or a Moto 360 to help keep track of all the calls and emails?
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The military doesn't need to issue its leaders smartphones since the vast majority of them already have one. It would be great if we could just access our email on our existing phones. Nobody wants to carry two phones around.
If the military did issue a new phone, it might be a bit like this rumored iPhone PRC-5D. It is said to be a modified iPhone that connects to a 3-foot external tape antenna and uses a 5590 battery. Comes with a standby battery life to up to 2 hours, 10 minutes while talking, and weighs a mere 4 pounds. Courtesy of the Duffel Blog.
http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/03/leaked-photo-apples-new-military-smartphone-iphone-prc-5d/
If the military did issue a new phone, it might be a bit like this rumored iPhone PRC-5D. It is said to be a modified iPhone that connects to a 3-foot external tape antenna and uses a 5590 battery. Comes with a standby battery life to up to 2 hours, 10 minutes while talking, and weighs a mere 4 pounds. Courtesy of the Duffel Blog.
http://www.duffelblog.com/2014/03/leaked-photo-apples-new-military-smartphone-iphone-prc-5d/
Is This A Leaked Photo Of Apple's New Military Smartphone, The iPhone PRC-5D?
CUPERTINO — Service members are abuzz today as a photo alleged to be an image of a military version of the popular Apple iPhone 5 was leaked on the Internet late Saturday. The picture appears to show a ruggedized olive drab iPhone, with a 3-foot external tape antenna and what appears to be a 5590 …
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CWO2 Shelby DuBois
Not a fan. Whole new meaning to the old ' if the enemy is in range, so are you '... Are we talking in garrison or deployed? WW2 censors examined mail to make sure no ships schedules, deployment info, tactical info..etc wasn't compromised. Today.. a single cell phone might have ten times that info.
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Exactly! So we can buy everyone in the Army a smartphone (is "Army Smartphone" an oxymoron?) but we cannot afford to keep hundreds of thousands of troops?
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Every service member will be issued a new phone to be used IN CONUS and if Deployed will be issued the second for OCONUS use.
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CMDCM Gene Treants
PO1 (Join to see) While Stationed at NAVCAMS Naples, if one of our operators was out "sick" I would either have to do this or supply one of my Crypto Tehs to take her/his place. Spent quite a few hours Putting in plugs and switching switches for calls all over Europe and to CONUS. I was an ET1 at that time.
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Cpl Brett Wagner
Yes! I want a free iPhone6 and I want every American to get one also, that should do wonders for my Apple stock, who knows maybe I can retire before I am 80 years old which unfortunately is the current plan. I will also need to know what carrier these cell phones will use so that I can but that stock also. Heck maybe the government can just take over the carrier and cell phone businesses like they did with GM and medical care.
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