"The use of the S1Net and milSuite has had a significant positive impact on the HR [Human Resources] Community and the Army. This platform helps synchronize all of us while shaping the forces’ understanding of HR policies, changes to procedures and best practices."
"...milSuite will...help me make sense of the various cloud capabilities that are coming online, and I really value the serendipitous ability to discover content (and content creators) that provide essential information that is super relevant to my work"
"milUniversity ... allowed [us] to keep 9 geographically dispersed (Europe, Asia, Southwest Asia, South America) ... Army-operated offices informed of the latest policies, procedures and regulatory updates."
"It's important to note that of the three milBook sites I manage, only one would work if we were forced to move... The other two would not be possible."
"There is no single stand-alone application that could easily provide all the services and options that milSuite does. [Other tools] cannot span the gamut of locations of Navy Nurses who can be found onboard ships, deployed with Marines or other task forces..."
"...with the maturity of the system, its developed community, and the excellent support team, it was not difficult for me to learn what was needed to get our concept off the ground. I wish I had known about it sooner!"
"The support we get from the milSuite Team is also A+. I often feel that I have “free manpower” available to me, since questions and curiosities get responses from seasoned veterans and/or consultants within minutes. ...milSuite is the epitome of the DoD network/digital thread and is the most valuable asset we have."
"milSuite is the platform that many of us connect to our counterparts across DoD. These contacts allow us, as a community, to discuss ideas, problem solutions, stay current on KM tools, etc. It is fair to say, without milSuite, a great number of people's jobs would be more difficult without these contacts. It will also make it more difficult to communicate to the Army."
"[We rely on our] milBook Group for real-time collaboration among every-day end users, subject-matter experts, and project team members... milBook allows membership from all DoD organizations represented among the ... end-user community..."
"If you want control, use [other sites]. If you want collaboration, use milSuite. The question should not be 'What is the impact if milSuite were to sunset?' but 'Why do other services exist, as we have milSuite?'"
"Even today, no other platform makes collaboration across DoD departments and agencies as seamless as milSuite."
"I strongly believe that we need to maintain milSuite, it is a readiness platform, without which we have no ability to quickly stand up a page to assist in a crisis situation."
"milSuite is an outstanding tool and helps tremendously in Program Management. I have used milSuite for all of my Programs and can't thank enough the [milSuite] Team for the support provided."
"milSuite provides the ability for timely, relevant, and compelling discussions and perspectives impacting all DoD missions. It also serves as a historical treasure trove of lessons identified (and learned) for those who follow us in the future."
"It has cut it down time either by 1) me not doing it over again, or by 2) cutting down the time it takes for me to search for it. I find that if something has been done before, they have usually done a better job than what my time limits allow for."
"milSuite's been a lifesaver. It's accessible on DoD and non-DoD networks. It hosts content that you can add as you go along. Creating content can be done by individual account holders with no hoops to jump through, unlike command ... sites... There's simply no other DoD resource that has all this stuff in one place."
"milSuite ... is currently our most reliable method of disseminating the information our colleagues require to perform their duties. Many other places we attempted to use ... have continued access issues for anyone not in our local network."
"...milSuite has completely changed and improved our ability to provide training to the National Guard... The milSuite team has greatly enhanced our product with their platform, and continually help us to build a better site for the user..."
"The milSuite platform provides a level of support far beyond anything I've seen in any other platform, which enables users to be successful in implementing their organization's mission. ...this is the greatest reason for an organization to utilize milSuite. You will not get the kind of support from the community and support staff as you get from milSuite with other tools..."
"I am a big advocate for the milSuite platform. It is a very user-friendly system."
"I am a firm advocate of the milSuite platform... this suite of tools is the bedrock of our newly established training office that is providing essential training to a large, global audience that experiences high turn-over rates. Big thanks to the milSuite Support Team ... for all you do to maintain and improve this vital platform."
"Recently, I joined a DoD-level working group that operated via [Microsoft] Teams ... we decided a milSuite website is what we needed to give everyone equal access to information, truly supporting a multi-org effort."
"This may be the best website I have access to... The amount if information sharing and also the products that are shared are invaluable. Not everyone has the same knowledge level and experience, and the site allows us as professionals to not only share our knowledge with others, but also obtain and retain knowledge from them as well."
"This platform allows us to cross communicate and share information. No new platform allows us to have that capability..."
"You don't even realize the amount of people that you may impact through milBook. I have a how-to library ... [where] I get more people from outside of the brigade throughout the entire DoD ... bookmarking ... documents in that library. That's pretty cool... It doesn't do anything to hoard that knowledge. If nobody else knows, it does absolutely no good for anyone else."
"The milSuite platform is a total force package of the Army because we are one integrated force between the active Army, the National Guard and the Army Reserve. This allows us to stay interconnected because if there is a site that they cannot access on a regular basis and only a few times here and there, those members will be disconnected from the rest of the force."
"milSuite is a fantastic toolset... milSuite is the only platform that allows for this type of collaboration across space and time with the features needs to both push and pull information..."
"I manage a group here and I must say I love the platform and receive a lot of good feedback from our users on how they prefer its functionality and findability over using [other sites]. I'm very happy to have this platform."
"It is one of the greatest repositories of DoD information available. I can usually find an answer here for anything pertaining to my job or supervising…"
"There is a wealth of information at everyone's fingertips here…This suite of tools is truly innovating the way I do business."
"Of all DoD websites, this is the only one reflecting professional development and what seems to be user-centered design..."
"I cannot articulate how much milBook and milSuite have helped me professionally, made me a better Officer, and helped me help others…"
"The decommissioning of milSuite represents a significant loss for military knowledge management infrastructure, as it provided an exceptional platform that facilitated creative information displays across both tactical and strategic echelons..."
"At least a full decade! I have been with DoD for over 30 years (mostly Dept of Navy) and I have never seen a better Departmentwide tool to this day... This is a huge loss..."
"I have been using milSuite for 14 years, and nothing comes close to its utility..."
"[Since] 2015 ... [I] found this to be the best place to access information, learn from so many resources, and keep up to date with my field, as well as, DoD in general. milSuite has been my "library" of choice..."
"This is a great leader development capability with boundless possibilities..."
"I'm having another I love milSuite moment. I love interacting with people who are completely outside of my daily job. So many great ideas floating around!"
"milSuite provides the best customer support of ANY KM tool I've been associated with in the last five years."
"We use milSuite to replace PowerPoint slides for our weekly team updates...that's a big a-ha moment."
"milSuite represents a form of 'vicarious learning,' in that I don't have to learn the same lessons as you; I can simply take your learning and then, like standing on the shoulders of giants, can use that to learn at the next level."
"If you're lucky... as a good leader this is what happens to the organizations you've led ... people you never worked with, outside any sub-organization you ever belonged to, simply had no way to discover all the knowledge and artifacts you left behind when you departed the pattern. For DoD, milSuite has changed all that..."
"...we are busting the heck out of our organizational comfort zone with milBook. It's an adventure for some, and a house of horrors for others. Gone are the multiple meetings throughout the day to admire the problem; here is the common sight picture that leads to solutions. Thanks, milBook!"
"milSuite is a solution for all, regardless of your location and domain."
"The milSuite collaboration capability has been incredibly beneficial for this community... Whatever direction we head, I hope that it will at least as good as milSuite..."
"This was [the] only platform we found that allowed execution of course[s] that reached US Military students globally..."
"milSuite is the only repository where access to information or SMEs [Subject Matter Experts] is not siloed by service or some other boundary."
"I'm going to miss this capability...Tons of great information tucked away here."