What do you recommend as an infantry ready map board in the field?

i somehow managed to be mechanized for 10 years but i never used a map board. i did however come up with a system using document protectors. for missions that were to be more than one day and more than one mission i would create an overlay for each mission on a separate document protector and store them behind the map in the document protector that i was currently using. it's not a perfect system but it did save me from having to erase something written on a laminated map every time a new mission started. fore warning, if you want to use this method then reference points will be needed at the corners of the overlay so all of the grid markers, routes, etc. line up in their proper place. it only occurred to me now that by simply cutting the excess material from other document sleeves one can just slide them in front of the map inside of another document protector. like i said, it wasn't a perfect system when i did it but it may be a good starting point for you to create a system that works for you.

i somehow managed to be mechanized for 10 years but i never used a map board. i did however come up with a system using document protectors. for field problems that were to be more than one day and more than one "mission" i would create an overlay for each mission on a separate document protector and store them behind the map in the document protector that i was currently using. it's not a perfect system but it did save me from having to erase something written on a laminated map every time a new mission started. fore warning, if you want to use this method then reference points will be needed at the corners of the overlay so all of the grid markers, routes, etc. line up in their proper place. it only occurred to me now that by simply cutting the excess material from other document sleeves one can just slide them in front of the map inside of another document protector. like i said, it wasn't a perfect system when i did it but it may be a good starting point for you to create a system that works for you.

I just used a laminated map

Are you really relying on that as an Infantry leader? That sure is cute. It must be a big hit with all the other O-2 and 0_3s.

You had better be at the ass end of the Company manning a desk then. Infantry combat is fluid reaction, action, and execution. Situational awareness is what you need to achieve and maintain. Keep your head out of the map and on your men. Knowing where they are. What their disposition is and squad and platoon competencies will save everyone. Leave that crap back in you hooch with your F@& Bag. As a 0-3 you should be able to recite the Ranger handbook. Looking cool with all your high-speed crap will not cut it. Unless it will stop a FMJ then it might be worth considering.

As for "sensitive items information"? The USA must have changed a hell of a lot since I was in. If I had anything with documentation other than the Ranger Handbook on my person in the field? Instant removal from the team and on the Rat Rig manning radios. Brevity book was the exception. And that was usually a crew notebook as SSG Chaney describes.