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2004-02-10 Home Front: WoT

"www.battalioncommandersonline.mil" -- fighting a war by laptop

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Posted by Mike 2004-02-10 6:50:14 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 loose lips sink ships

Posted by B 2004-2-10 7:31:03 AM|| 2004-2-10 7:31:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Does anyone seriously think that the generals won't meddle? The only reason they stayed out of it last time was because they lacked the ability to micromanage. Generals are rated for promotion on the performance of their units, and if any general is willing in any way to let his promotability suffer in the slightest, he wouldn't be a general.

Posted by gromky 2004-2-10 7:35:33 AM|| 2004-2-10 7:35:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 What a concept. It brought to mind Tom Clancy and Gen Fred Franks book "Into the Storm: A Study in Command". That book revealed problems that III Army had in keeping up with the exact positions of VII Corps' battle fighting units. With this new technology, it would not have been such a problem.

Posted by GK 2004-2-10 7:52:47 AM|| 2004-2-10 7:52:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 B. , similar thought occurred to me.

Posted by GK 2004-2-10 7:55:55 AM|| 2004-2-10 7:55:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Not only is this stuff being deployed, West Point cadets are being exposed to it in the classroom for some hands-on experience. They now must take a minimum of 2 information technology / networking classes, no matter what they major in ... among other things, as juniors they now construct, configure and secure an entire wireless LAN using off-the-shelf components.

The cadet club for information assurance / information warfare is the largest at the Academy & the annual inter-academy info warfare contest is set up and judged by the NSA. The Army has tended to win these - the first year, they surprised NSA by managing to break into their monitoring servers. ;-)

This system is just the first step in a very broad deployment of the battlefield tactical network. Watch what will happen as tactical UAVs are deployed at the battalion and lower levels shortly ... commanders being able to send them out for their own recon, results shared widely, .... and UAVs in some cases being armed.

Posted by rkb 2004-2-10 1:56:34 PM|| 2004-2-10 1:56:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm REALLY glad these guys are the good guys!

Posted by Hyper 2004-2-10 11:44:51 PM|| 2004-2-10 11:44:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 This is transformation.

This will never be used in combat as long as we never get involved in a land war in Asia. What organized military force would go up against guys with this stuff? Only somebody smart enough to hack it.

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-2-10 11:58:17 PM|| 2004-2-10 11:58:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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