07-13-2012, 15:05
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DoD Weapons Chief Signs Off on Big Army Radio Buy
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07-13-2012, 15:08
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Great now the rifleman can just "tweet" when he's getting shot at..... 
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07-13-2012, 16:27
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Great now the rifleman can just "tweet" when he's getting shot at..... |
Any 18E's got an opinion on this?.......... 
Big Teddy 
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07-14-2012, 14:21
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Great now the rifleman can just "tweet" when he's getting shot at..... |
I'm Twitter-illiterate. Is there a special vocab that the rest of DoD has to learn for the generation actually making use of this in the field?
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07-14-2012, 14:40
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Only $9000.00 a piece. About the same as my iphone.
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07-14-2012, 15:09
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When connected to a smartphone device, the Rifleman Radio forms the backbone of the Army’s Nett Warrior program, which allows dismounted soldiers...
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...who have their smart phone batteries all charged up.
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07-14-2012, 15:27
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...who have their smart phone batteries all charged up.
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Not to worry, you just need to have your G-76 smatphone battery charger handy 
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07-14-2012, 15:32
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Not to worry, you just need to have your G-76 smatphone battery charger handy |
A new TTP will be issued shortly that aids in selection of who cranks.
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07-14-2012, 15:47
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Not to worry, you just need to have your G-76 smatphone battery charger handy |
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A new TTP will be issued shortly that aids in selection of who cranks.
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At $9,000 a piece they should be using algea or wind power or something to recharge automatically.
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07-14-2012, 17:37
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Not to worry, you just need to have your G-76 smatphone battery charger handy |
That's was my job!.......  Well somebody's got to do it............
Big Teddy
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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07-15-2012, 10:07
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I'm Twitter-illiterate. Is there a special vocab that the rest of DoD has to learn for the generation actually making use of this in the field?
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"When connected to a smartphone device, the Rifleman Radio forms the backbone of the Army’s Nett Warrior program, which allows dismounted soldiers to push voice messages, images and data across the battlefield."
Sounds like a "hardened" IPad for use with a smart device to send data. Now the troops will be able to tweet enemy positions, play Angry Birds and blog all at the same time......
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07-15-2012, 10:22
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Facebook post-0300- Sitting in ambush position with my buddies.
Facebook post- 0330 we just got attacked. How did they know we were here?
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You think that's bad just until the arms dealers build a bomb that homes in on specific RF devices......
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07-15-2012, 15:46
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Sounds like a "hardened" IPad for use with a smart device to send data. Now the troops will be able to tweet enemy positions, play Angry Birds and blog all at the same time...... |
OK, thanks for the direction - I've got some research to do. (I don't know whether that's a UAV formation, built-in video game, or an Alfred Hitchcock movie.)
I'm still using a cell, but it does take pics & send texts.
Are twitter-like devices subject to receiving "junk" mail too?
Is the term "helmet fire" now obsolete?
Sorry, never mind; trudging off to do the legwork....
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