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Ground pounders and other RPers, what can you see as possible pros and cons of introducing modern technology to troops at the squad level?
Marines, NSA To Bring Smartphones To Rifle Squad
Posted from breakingdefense.com
Technology
Cell Phones
Communications
Squad Leader
Posted >1 y ago
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Capt Tom Brown
If the NSA is behind this, I'm not so sure it's a good thing. Who's to say that they won't install some kind of hidden back door in the devices so that they can "keep tabs" on deployed Marines? Meanwhile evidence of that backdoor gets leaked to terrorists and they hack the Marine's devices...
PO1 Andrew Gardiner
PO2 Ed C.
SSgt Mark Lines
If the NSA is behind this, I'm not so sure it's a good thing. Who's to say that they won't install some kind of hidden back door in the devices so that they can "keep tabs" on deployed Marines? Meanwhile evidence of that backdoor gets leaked to terrorists and they hack the Marine's devices...
PO1 Andrew Gardiner
PO2 Ed C.
SSgt Mark Lines
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SGT (Join to see)
Capt Tom Brown - I'm just speaking by the book. That doesn't always happen that way in units.
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SSgt Mark Lines
Capt Tom Brown - Having worked as a Supply Chief, I would not want to have CMR responsibility for these items.
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PO1 John Miller
PO1 Andrew Gardiner
I can already see a Butter Bar asking S6 to install Pokemon Go on his device...
I can already see a Butter Bar asking S6 to install Pokemon Go on his device...
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SSgt Mark Lines
PO1 John Miller I just fell out of my chair I was laughing so hard... We had a similar joke when hand held GPS's were introduced. The LT asked if his "Game Boy" came Super Mario Bros.
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This is the modern world our children will be more tech savvy than us and when I say is I'm talking about the generation before the millinials so with that being said our army has to adapt to the times... Now I'm not saying that reading a map learning terrain features and thing of that nature because they are in our line of work... But keep them up on the new advances of our military too so they will not be dependent on either way... But yet have a great Balance everything the squad leaders knows so should his or her subordinates train them to take your place with out faultet
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