I assure you the 2018 effort was separate and deliberate. Read the NAVADMIN yourself if you wish, https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV

I assure you the 2018 effort was separate and deliberate. Read the NAVADMIN yourself if you wish, https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV2018/NAV18315.txt?ver=nQxJ2VXdFMkN8A5sSTFVAg%3D%3D https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/N... The Navy (and wider DoD) had also been pushing XML-based technologies earlier, of course, but that's less damning when it was happening when the entire IT industry was pushing those technologies.