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Weaponizing The iPad

Taking fire and need to call in air support? There's an app for that.

They're going to make me register my iPad as a firearm now, aren't they?

Happy Birthday To The Army

The United States Army was founded 235 years ago today.

To celebrate, the order to ditch the beret came out today.

Arm Phasers!

The US Navy has successfully fired a solid state laser at another vessel.

Crowdsourcing Anti-Submarine Warfare Training

DARPA has released a free game developed by military sim company Sonalysts. The game tasks you with tracking submarines while negotiating waters filled with non-combatants. As players progress through the scenarios they have the option of uploading their winning tactics to DARPA, which will integrate them into the serious sim used to train Naval officers in anti-submarine tactics.

Hat tip to Blues News.

The Army Is Phasing Out Bayonet Training

The head of Training and Doctrine Command has decided that the time spent on bayonets is better used for something else. The last time an Army unit performed a bayonet charge was in the Korean War.

Now, I'm not qualified to say whether this is a valid point or not. But it strikes me that one can only carry so many rounds of ammunition. When you're in an inhospitable location hundreds of miles from friendly support or resupply a few extra hours spent practicing with the sharp pointy thing that attaches to your now empty rifle might start looking like a good idea.