diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetsController.php
index 571ae184b8..a0a4d53b23 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetsController.php
@@ -1584,4 +1584,68 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
 
         return $data;
     }
+
+      public function getBulkCheckout()
+      {
+          // Get the dropdown of users and then pass it to the checkout view
+          $users_list = Helper::usersList();
+          // Filter out assets that are not deployable.
+          $assets = Asset::RTD()->get();
+  
+          $assets_list = Company::scopeCompanyables($assets, 'assets.company_id')->lists('detailed_name', 'id')->toArray();
+  
+          return View::make('hardware/bulk-checkout')->with('users_list', $users_list)->with('assets_list', $assets_list);
+      }
+  
+      public function postBulkCheckout(Request $request)
+      {
+
+          $this->validate($request, [
+             "assigned_to"   => 'required'
+          ]);
+
+          $user = User::find(e(Input::get('assigned_to')));
+          $admin = Auth::user();
+  
+          $asset_ids = array_filter(Input::get('selected_assets'));
+  
+          if ((Input::has('checkout_at')) && (Input::get('checkout_at')!= date("Y-m-d"))) {
+              $checkout_at = e(Input::get('checkout_at'));
+          } else {
+              $checkout_at = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
+          }
+  
+          if (Input::has('expected_checkin')) {
+              $expected_checkin = e(Input::get('expected_checkin'));
+          } else {
+              $expected_checkin = '';
+          }
+  
+          $has_errors = false;
+          $errors = [];
+          DB::transaction(function() use ($user, $admin, $checkout_at, $expected_checkin, $errors, $asset_ids)
+          {          
+              foreach($asset_ids as $asset_id)
+              {
+                  $asset = Asset::find($asset_id);
+  
+                  $error = $asset->checkOutToUser($user, $admin, $checkout_at, $expected_checkin, e(Input::get('note')), null);
+  
+                  if($error)
+                  {
+                      $has_errors = true;
+                      array_merge_recursive($errors, $asset->getErrors()->toArray());
+                  }
+              }
+            });
+  
+          if (!$errors) {
+            // Redirect to the new asset page
+              return redirect()->to("hardware")->with('success', trans('admin/hardware/message.checkout.success'));
+          }
+  
+        // Redirect to the asset management page with error
+          return redirect()->to("hardware/bulk-checkout")->with('error', trans('admin/hardware/message.checkout.error'))->withErrors($errors);
+      }
+
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/routes.php b/app/Http/routes.php
index 6679ec8287..331a110fb6 100755
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -275,6 +275,13 @@ Route::group(
             ]
         );
 
+        # Bulk checkout / checkin
+         Route::get(
+             'bulkcheckout',
+             [ 'as' => 'hardware/bulkcheckout', 'uses' => 'AssetsController@getBulkCheckout' ]
+         );
+         Route::post('bulkcheckout', 'AssetsController@postBulkCheckout');
+
         # Asset Model Management
         Route::group([ 'prefix' => 'models', 'middleware' => 'auth' ], function () {
 
diff --git a/config/version.php b/config/version.php
index de979d7c49..bf5ec28de5 100644
--- a/config/version.php
+++ b/config/version.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 return array (
   'app_version' => 'v3.0',
-  'hash_version' => 'v3.0-67-gf31637a',
+  'hash_version' => 'v3.0-79-gfcb1d6a',
 );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/admin/hardware/general.php b/resources/lang/en/admin/hardware/general.php
index 2a09db28e4..65b6d77477 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/admin/hardware/general.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/admin/hardware/general.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 return array(
 	'archived'  				=> 'Archived',
     'asset'  					=> 'Asset',
+    'bulk_checkout'             => 'Checkout Assets to User',
     'checkin'  					=> 'Checkin Asset',
     'checkout'  				=> 'Checkout Asset to User',
     'clone'  					=> 'Clone Asset',
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/general.php b/resources/lang/en/general.php
index 72d77c0e3f..e1d5eba5c3 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/general.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/general.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     'avatar_upload'         => 'Upload Avatar',
     'back'      			=> 'Back',
     'bad_data'      		=> 'Nothing found. Maybe bad data?',
+    'bulk_checkout'  		=> 'Bulk Checkout',
     'cancel'  				=> 'Cancel',
     'categories'			=> 'Categories',
     'category'				=> 'Category',
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@
     'moreinfo'				=> 'More Info',
     'name'					=> 'Name',
     'next'					=> 'Next',
+    'new'					=> 'new!',
     'no_depreciation'		=> 'No Depreciation',
     'no_results'			=> 'No Results.',
     'no'  					=> 'No',
diff --git a/resources/views/hardware/bulk-checkout.blade.php b/resources/views/hardware/bulk-checkout.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08823f1bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/views/hardware/bulk-checkout.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+@extends('layouts/default')
+
+{{-- Page title --}}
+@section('title')
+     {{ trans('admin/hardware/general.bulk_checkout') }}
+@parent
+@stop
+
+
+{{-- Page content --}}
+@section('content')
+
+<style>
+.input-group {
+    padding-left: 0px !important;
+}
+</style>
+
+
+<div class="row">
+
+    <!-- left column -->
+    <div class="col-md-7">
+
+          <div class="box box-default">
+              <div class="box-header with-border">
+                  <h3 class="box-title"> {{ trans('admin/hardware/form.tag') }} </h3>
+              </div>
+              <div class="box-body">
+                <form class="form-horizontal" method="post" action="" autocomplete="off">
+                <!-- CSRF Token -->
+                <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}" />
+
+
+                    <!-- User -->
+                    <div id="assigned_user" class="form-group{{ $errors->has('assigned_to') ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
+
+                            {{ Form::label('assigned_to', trans('admin/hardware/form.checkout_to'), array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}
+
+                        <div class="col-md-7 required">
+                            {{ Form::select('assigned_to', $users_list , Input::old('assigned_to'), array('class'=>'select2', 'id'=>'assigned_to', 'style'=>'width:100%')) }}
+
+                            {!! $errors->first('assigned_to', '<span class="alert-msg"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> :message</span>') !!}
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="col-md-1 col-sm-1 text-left">
+                            <a href='#' data-toggle="modal"  data-target="#createModal" data-dependency="user" data-select='assigned_to' class="btn btn-sm btn-default">New</a>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <!-- Checkout/Checkin Date -->
+                  <div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('checkout_at') ? 'error' : '' }}">
+
+                      {{ Form::label('name', trans('admin/hardware/form.checkout_date'), array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}
+
+                    <div class="col-md-8">
+                      <div class="col-md-4 input-group required">
+                      <input type="date" class="datepicker form-control" data-date-format="yyyy-mm-dd" name="checkout_at" id="checkout_at" value="{{ Input::old('checkout_at', date('Y-m-d')) }}">
+                      <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i></span>
+                    </div>
+                      {!! $errors->first('checkout_at', '<span class="alert-msg"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> :message</span>') !!}
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+
+                  <!-- Expected Checkin Date -->
+                  <div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('expected_checkin') ? 'error' : '' }}">
+
+                      {{ Form::label('name', trans('admin/hardware/form.expected_checkin'), array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}
+
+                    <div class="col-md-8">
+                      <div class="col-md-4 input-group">
+                      <input type="date" class="datepicker form-control" data-date-format="yyyy-mm-dd" name="expected_checkin" id="expected_checkin" value="{{ Input::old('expected_checkin') }}">
+                      <span class="input-group-addon"><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i></span>
+                    </div>
+                      {!! $errors->first('expected_checkin', '<span class="alert-msg"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> :message</span>') !!}
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+
+
+                  <!-- Note -->
+                  <div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('note') ? 'error' : '' }}">
+
+                      {{ Form::label('note', trans('admin/hardware/form.notes'), array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}
+
+                    <div class="col-md-8">
+                      <textarea class="col-md-6 form-control" id="note" name="note">{{ Input::old('note') }}</textarea>
+                      {!! $errors->first('note', '<span class="alert-msg"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> :message</span>') !!}
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+
+                  <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has('selected_asset') ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
+
+                            {{ Form::label('selected_asset', trans('general.assets'), array('class' => 'col-md-3 control-label')) }}
+
+                        <div class="col-md-8 required">
+                            {{ Form::select('selected_assets[]', $assets_list , Input::old('selected_asset'), array('class'=>'select2', 'id'=>'selected_asset', 'style'=>'width:100%', 'multiple'=>'multiple')) }}
+
+                            {!! $errors->first('selected_asset', '<span class="alert-msg"><i class="fa fa-times"></i> :message</span>') !!}
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+
+
+
+              </div>
+              <div class="box-footer">
+                <a class="btn btn-link" href="{{ URL::previous() }}"> {{ trans('button.cancel') }}</a>
+                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success pull-right"><i class="fa fa-check icon-white"></i> {{ trans('general.checkout') }}</button>
+              </div>
+          </div>
+    </form>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- right column -->
+    <div class="col-md-5" id="current_assets_box" style="display:none;">
+        <div class="box box-primary">
+            <div class="box-header with-border">
+                <h3 class="box-title">{{ trans('admin/users/general.current_assets') }}</h3>
+            </div>
+            <div class="box-body">
+                <div id="current_assets_content">
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+
+</div>
+
+
+@section('moar_scripts')
+
+    {{-- Some room for the modals --}}
+    <div class="modal fade" id="createModal">
+        <div class="modal-dialog">
+            <div class="modal-content">
+                <div class="modal-header">
+                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+                    <h4 class="modal-title">Modal title</h4>
+                </div>
+                <div class="modal-body">
+
+                    <div class="dynamic-form-row">
+                        <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12"><label for="modal-first_name">{{ trans('general.first_name') }}:</label></div>
+                        <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-12 required"><input type='text' id='modal-first_name' class="form-control"></div>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <div class="dynamic-form-row">
+                        <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12"><label for="modal-last_name">{{ trans('general.last_name') }}:</label></div>
+                        <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-12"><input type='text' id='modal-last_name' class="form-control"></div>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <div class="dynamic-form-row">
+                        <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12"><label for="modal-username">{{ trans('admin/users/table.username') }}:</label></div>
+                        <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-12 required"><input type='text' id='modal-username' class="form-control"></div>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <div class="dynamic-form-row">
+                        <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12"><label for="modal-email">{{ trans('admin/users/table.email') }}:</label></div>
+                        <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-12"><input type='email' id='modal-email' class="form-control"></div>
+                    </div>
+
+                    <div class="dynamic-form-row">
+                        <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12"><label for="modal-password">{{ trans('admin/users/table.password') }}:</label></div>
+                        <div class="col-md-8 col-xs-12 required"><input type='password' id='modal-password' class="form-control"></div>
+                    </div>
+
+
+                </div>
+                <div class="modal-footer">
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">{{ trans('button.cancel') }}</button>
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" id="modal-save">{{ trans('general.save') }}</button>
+                </div>
+            </div><!-- /.modal-content -->
+        </div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->
+    </div><!-- /.modal -->
+
+
+
+
+    <!-- Ajax call to retrieve user assets -->
+
+<script>
+    $(function () {
+        var model,select;
+        $('#createModal').on("show.bs.modal",function (event) {
+            console.warn('modal ran');
+            var link = $(event.relatedTarget);
+            model=link.data("dependency");
+            select=link.data("select");
+            var modal = $(this);
+            modal.find('.modal-title').text('Add a new ' + model);
+            $('.dynamic-form-row').hide();
+            function show_er(selector) {
+                $(selector).parent().parent().show();
+            }
+            show_er('#modal-name');
+            switch(model) {
+                case 'user':
+                    $('.dynamic-form-row').hide(); //we don't want a generic "name"
+                    show_er("#modal-first_name");
+                    show_er("#modal-last_name");
+                    show_er("#modal-username");
+                    show_er("#modal-email");
+                    show_er("#modal-password");
+                    show_er("#modal-password_confirm");
+                    break;
+                    //do nothing, they just need 'name'
+            }
+            //console.warn("The Model is: "+model+" and the select is: "+select);
+        });
+        $('#modal-save').on('click',function () {
+            var data={};
+            //console.warn("We are about to SAVE!!! for model: "+model+" and select ID: "+select);
+            $('.modal-body input:visible').each(function (index,elem) {
+                //console.warn("["+index+"]: "+elem.id+" = "+$(elem).val());
+                var bits=elem.id.split("-");
+                if(bits[0]==="modal") {
+                    data[bits[1]]=$(elem).val();
+                }
+            });
+            $('.modal-body select:visible').each(function (index,elem) {
+                var bits=elem.id.split("-");
+                data[bits[1]]=$(elem).val();
+            });
+            data._token =  '{{ csrf_token() }}',
+                 //   console.dir(data);
+                $.post("{{config('app.url') }}/api/"+model+"s",data,function (result) {
+                    var id=result.id;
+                    var name=result.name || (result.first_name+" "+result.last_name);
+                    $('.modal-body input:visible').val("");
+                    $('#createModal').modal('hide');
+                    //console.warn("The select ID thing we're going for is: "+select);
+                    var selector=document.getElementById(select);
+                    selector.options[selector.length] = new Option(name,id);
+                    selector.selectedIndex=selector.length-1;
+                    $(selector).trigger("change");
+                }).fail(function (result) {
+                    //console.dir(result.responseJSON);
+                    msg=result.responseJSON.error.message || result.responseJSON.error;
+                    window.alert("Unable to add new "+model+" - error: "+msg);
+                });
+        });
+    });
+</script>
+
+<script>
+$(function() {
+  $('#assigned_to').on("change",function () {
+    // console.warn("Model Id has changed!");
+    var userid=$('#assigned_to').val();
+    if(userid=='') {
+      console.warn('no user selected');
+      $('#current_assets_box').fadeOut();
+      $('#current_assets_content').html("");
+    } else {
+      $.get("{{config('app.url') }}/api/users/"+userid+"/assets",{_token: "{{ csrf_token() }}"},function (data) {
+        // console.warn("Ajax call came back okay for user " + userid + "! " + data.length + " Data is: "+data);
+        if (data.length > 0) {
+            $('#current_assets_box').fadeIn();
+            var table_html = '<div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><table class="table table-striped"><thead><tr><td>{{ trans('admin/hardware/form.name') }}</td><td>{{ trans('admin/hardware/form.tag') }}</td></tr></thead><tbody>';
+            $('#current_assets_content').append('');
+            for (var i in data) {
+                var asset = data[i];
+                table_html += "<tr><td class=\"col-md-8\"><a href=\"{{ config('app.url') }}/hardware/" + asset.id + "/view\">" + asset.name;
+                if (asset.model.name!='') {
+                    table_html += " (" + asset.model.name + ")";
+                }
+                table_html += "</a></td><td class=\"col-md-4\">" + asset.asset_tag + "</td></tr>";
+            }
+            $('#current_assets_content').html(table_html + '</tbody></table></div></div>');
+        } else {
+            $('#current_assets_box').fadeOut();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+});
+</script>
+@stop
+
+@stop
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diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php
index e2b45b9f94..c24030135b 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/default.blade.php
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
                    </ul>
                </li>
                @endcan
+
                @can('admin')
                <!-- Tasks: style can be found in dropdown.less -->
                <?php $alert_items = \App\Helpers\Helper::checkLowInventory(); ?>
@@ -389,24 +390,28 @@
                   <li>
                     <a href="{{ URL::to('hardware') }}">@lang('general.list_all')</a>
                   </li>
-                  <li>
-                    <a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Deployed') }}" {!! (Request::query('status') == 'Deployed' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('general.deployed')
+                  <li{!! (Request::query('status') == 'Deployed' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!}>
+                    <a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Deployed') }}">@lang('general.deployed')
                     </a>
                   </li>
-                  <li>
-                    <a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=RTD') }}" {!! (Request::query('status') == 'RTD' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!}>
+                  <li{!! (Request::query('status') == 'RTD' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!}>
+                    <a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=RTD') }}">
                     @lang('general.ready_to_deploy')</a>
                   </li>
-                  <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Pending') }}"
-                  {!! (Request::query('status') == 'Pending' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('general.pending')</a></li>
-                  <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Undeployable') }}" {!! (Request::query('status') == 'Undeployable' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('general.undeployable')</a></li>
-                  <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Archived') }}" {!! (Request::query('status') == 'Archived' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('admin/hardware/general.archived')</a></li>
-                  <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Requestable') }}" {!! (Request::query('status') == 'Requestable' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('admin/hardware/general.requestable')</a></li>
+                  <li{!! (Request::query('status') == 'Pending' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!}><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Pending') }}">@lang('general.pending')</a></li>
+                  <li{!! (Request::query('status') == 'Undeployable' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} ><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Undeployable') }}">@lang('general.undeployable')</a></li>
+                  <li{!! (Request::query('status') == 'Archived' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('admin/hardware/general.archived')</a></li>
+                    <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Requestable') }}" {!! (Request::query('status') == 'Requestable' ? ' class="active"' : '') !!}><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Archived') }}" >@lang('admin/hardware/general.requestable')</a></li>
 
                   <li class="divider">&nbsp;</li>
-                  <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware/models') }}" {!! (Request::is('hardware/models*') ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('general.asset_models')</a></li>
+                    <li{!! (Request::is('hardware/bulkcheckout') ? ' class="active>"' : '') !!}>
+                        <small class="label pull-right bg-orange">{{ trans('general.new')  }}</small>
+                        <a href="{{ route('hardware/bulkcheckout') }}">
+                            {{ trans('general.bulk_checkout') }}</a>
+                    </li>
+                    <li{!! (Request::is('hardware/models*') ? ' class="active"' : '') !!}><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware/models') }}">@lang('general.asset_models')</a></li>
                   <li><a href="{{ URL::to('admin/settings/categories') }}" {!! (Request::is('admin/settings/categories*') ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('general.categories')</a></li>
-                  <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Deleted') }}" {!! (Request::query('Deleted') ? ' class="active"' : '') !!} >@lang('general.deleted')</a></li>
+                  <li{!! (Request::query('Deleted') ? ' class="active"' : '') !!}><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware?status=Deleted') }}">@lang('general.deleted')</a></li>
                   <li><a href="{{ URL::to('admin/asset_maintenances') }}"  >@lang('general.asset_maintenances') </a></li>
                   <li><a href="{{ URL::to('hardware/import') }}"  >@lang('general.import') </a></li>
                 </ul>