Current or former military.

Why do I get the feeling that there a lot of either former or current military personnel on this forum. I was in the military also and just recently got out so I guess that is my tie-in to how I was exposed to the toughbook. I was just curious even though I know that this post has nothing to do with any technical info on the toughbook, sorry for wasting your time reading this.

 

Jim.... Never a waste when you mention a Toughbook... I think it is a testosterone thing more than military. But yes... There are several military, ex-military, police and first responders on this board. The rest of us.... Well... We just have "The Disease!"

You KNOW you have "The Disease" when;

1. You start salivating whenever you SEE a Toughbook.

2. You blather on and on to your friends about your Toughbook and show off all its cool features

3. You own more than one Toughbook

4. You have Separation Anxiety when you are not near your Toughbook

5. <Enter your particular issue here>

 

A LOT of police guys in here... Damn revenue agents!

Rick! SO TRUE

5. You can't go more than 5 minutes without hitting refresh on NBR.com and TBT.com...

 

There do seem to be many military types here, as well as other forms of government service. The rest seem to be people that needed a notebook PC capable of good service under tough conditions and who were smart enough to figure out that the Toughbook could provide that.

 

HAHA, Most are NOT smart enough... DOH!!!

 

I am prior military myself. I was a wingnut (Air Force to you civilians) and got out in 1993 as an E-5 Sergeant. I kick myself everyday for getting out because I could have retired by now with full benefits. I currently work at Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base in California where I was first introduced to the toughbooks and the rest is history. I will never go to a normal laptop again! I currently have 2 CF-29's, a CF-19 and a CF-74 in my inventory and use them all daily (2 teenagers have the 29's, my wife uses the 74, and I the 19) and we LOVE them to death.

I respect and salute all military members past and present and those in uniform (police, fire, et al)

 

I myself reside in the fire service, I am not sure how many others might also, I know there are a fair share of police officers on here, I think its easy to relate becuase I use the computers I love at work and I get to play with them at home as my hobby and on here, it all works out!

 

I was active duty as an officer in the USAF for almost 13 years (transporter), did three in the reserves and then went into the SC ANG in 2002 as an E-5 (Command Post). Made E-6 and will retire next year (as a major/O-4) when the enlistment is up. Will have about 23 years (17 active) when I retire. Also worked with Knox Count (TN) sheriff's dept for about a year (moons ago) and now work as a contractor at Tyndall AFB in the Anti terrorism Force Protection branch of 1AF in the Air Operations Center. Got quite busy the other day when that nut case flew into the building in Austin. You would be surprised just how much info is out there on everyone on open source, let alone "other" sites. Scary....

 

Well I for one served 10 and 1/2 years in the US Army as a Switching Systems Administrator. I made as high as E-5 because my promotion points were through the roof at an almost unattainable level to reach the next rank. we had CF-18's and CF-28's in many of our command nodes and remote switches and these toughbooks were great under the harshest conditions in Iraq. I now work for Verizon as a FIOS technician in the Dallas area.

 

I left the Army as a E-5 in 1970. We didn't have computers or cell phones, just the old reliable PRC-6. I was sorta in CID, like NCIS but we didn't get to investigate a murder a week!
CAP

 

Ditto, served 1973~1977.

Awesome respect for civil servants and vets but limited appreciation for our current elected officials.

 

I was in the Air Force but never used the toughbook. I became familiar with them when the cable installers came to my place. When i found it was available for cheap i grabbed the deal on the 29 touch. Even though its older, i was using a netbook at the time and was saving up for a tablet netbook but figured the toughbook was just so cool looking and nobody else would have it too lol.

 

many Verizon technicians have a CF-29 or CF-30 of varying configurations. and most of the managers have CF-52's.

 

I was in law enforcement for approx 4 years in the late 80's/early 90's, and then moved to the fire service for the last 18 or so. I spent about 10 of those years as a tillerman on a tractor-drawn aerial ... hence my user name.

 

Nice! Its rare to find a tiller anymore in Colorado, I work for a department thats all engines! lol

 

We still have the tiller, and it is amazing what tight spaces you can get into with it. They do seem to be getting quite scarce though.

 

They seem to still be popular in California and on the east coast. In Colorado '75 Single Axle Quints and '110 Tandem Rear Mounts are the most popular configs.

 

Connor, WT F happened to that Toughbook in your avatar? Did you use it to de-rail a train?!?!?!?

 

LOL its not mine, its a picture of a CF-18 that was run over by a front end loader carrying a full bucket of dirt on a conctruction site

 

Connor,

Do you know who ownes it. If you do does it still work???

It looks more like it was used as JB007rules said " to de rail a train"

 

Nah I just found the link on a website, Ill try to find it and that was the story attached to it, I would assume that from the way the frame is bent that it does not work, It would crack the boards for sure

 

Yes, very limited appreciation for them in view of what they are either doing or not doing! Just got an email with pictures showing house memebers on the floor busy playing solitaire, whatching baseball, following stocks, on their individual computer screens while matters of national importance are being discussed.

 

Were they using ToughBooks?

 

Ex-Navy here from the '90s.
No toughbooks, just assault rifles, alot of ship boardings, salt and sand.
I like the industrial durability of the TB line, I'd be hard pressed to beat someone to death with my Lenovo x200s, and in my neighborhood, that might be necessary someday...