My memories of the paperwork in the early 80s was that things could be pretty hit or miss. With the introduction of time accounting in the 80s, things got a bit better overall, but still way too much latitude for problems. By the 90s, you would still find hard copy work orders lost in the filing cabinets under the completely wrong headings. Even in the last few years, you could order all kinds of things on the hard copy parts request, but only enter a portion of that into the computer.
The newest system is said to tie between the supply side, the transport side, and the maintenance side. If it works out, the collectors 30 years down the road may be able to access every last task and part that were charged against their collectible G wagon or LSVW.
Yes, it is amazing that we can access all this info on vehicles disposed of 25 years ago. But the army does run on paperwork, and always did things in triplicate.
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