Is certain spending really needed?

With the growing concern of saving money – especially in the
military – I pose two questions that will help with the thought process behind
wasteful spending. 1.) Do we really need to print EVERYTHING? 2.) Do we really
need to run vehicles and burn fuel EVERY MONDAY? With the growing capacity of
technology, the need to print and have physical copy should be the thing of the
past. Let’s face it, Awards, Counselings, NCOERS, Regulations, APFT cards, etc
are the most common thing that is printed over and over again and for what?
There are digital signatures and email for a reason, why not create folders for
personnel and back them up to disk or hard drives for later use? This would cut
back on paper, ink and other associated costs. 
Maintenance and running vehicles that never go anywhere and if they do,
is it really important for them to been used in that capacity? We spend so much
money in bulk fuel and maintenance parts all because of this very instance alone.
Why not consolidate vehicles at a main draw yard and as vehicles are actually
needed they are prepped and ready to go? Yes, it would require leaders to do
some planning, but that’s life.  I think
with the annual spending within the military alone – it could clear the
national debt in 5 yrs tops. Just my take on it.