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Subject:Re: Military Doc. From:Steve Davis <Steve -dot- Davis -at- RTTC -dot- REDSTONE -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Fri, 18 Dec 1998 10:21:40 -0600
I work at the Redstone Technical Test Center, writing and editing test
documentation. We have a very strict format that we must follow (TECOM
PAM 73-1). Not only are the font, margins, graphics, and everything
else prescribed, but we only 45 days after the completion of the test to
publish the report. I don't have "free reign" over anything. Working
in Huntsville, Al might keep me sheltered from the real world, but I
have never felt out of place at a STC meeting. I feel like a regular
Tech Writer, what ever that is.
Steve Davis
Technical Editor
Redstone Technical Test Center
Redstone Arsenal, AL
