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Soldiers can now be remote controlled with haptic belts
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Meh pros and con's. It would sure solve the "pssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst" "Psssssst!!!! hey fuck face!!!!" *throws rock*" problem on long as patrols, or shit like that.
It would be a perfect tool for the crawl stage at trying to teach the Afghans, Iraqi's, and Marines Basic Squad TTPs especially with the language barrier.
It would be a perfect tool for the crawl stage at trying to teach the Afghans, Iraqi's, and Marines Basic Squad TTPs especially with the language barrier.
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What, in your opinion, are the cons?
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Was in class or I would have hit you back sooner:
heres my BLUF: The belts sound like a good idea, if they produce results and meet the commanders intent to accomplish the mission and brings everyone home alive that's all that matters.
here are the cons if you are interested in reading
Cons:
1. over time it as with all things, it could present the ability for soldiers to become complacent and relax their situational awareness perhaps relying on the belt instead of having the discipline to always "know what to do" and be confident at doing it under any circumstance, or as close as practicable METTTC permits.
example A: I need to close out a fuel check every 30 minutes while I am flying a black hawk to calculate a ton of other stuff and ensure I can fly Fobbits and mega fobbits from ice cream shack to icecream shack without running out of gas. This is a basic task, and the standard is I should not need a reminder to do it, from ANYONE but rather utilize my own discipline and knowledge of the Aircrew Training Manual (ATM) standards I am accountable to.
do I use a fucking timer so I don't forget... all the time... but I have spent many hours in remedial training reading my Regs and publications because I forgot to hit the "on" switch hard enough to make the clock thingy start counting. Since then I make sure to include the airframe clock in my instrument crosscheck and refer to start time vs end time, and how much time has elapsed and remains before I need to do the fuel check. I utilize my own discipline to ensure I meet my basic task as outlined in the ATM. Do I still use the timer as a backup... yes... always
2. it's another piece of gear you are going to have to lug around or have to keep spare batteries for and PCC/PCI, inventory, get a death by PP about brief about etc.
I am more for hard core discipline and application of the same SOP's and soldiering skills that I think every solider needs to posses to a certain degree. Kind of how a sports trainer works with a professional athlete on proper technique, strength training, and skill concentration.
What I am trying to say is that I feel that a Soldier's job in the Army should be focused on what he does and me as the leader do everything I possibly can muster to ensure that that soldier is set up for success and becomes as proficient and skilled as he can possibly be. However, that doesn't mean I think we should forsake the basic combat skills we need as a combat force. Commanders put out a policy "Hey you have to do X, Y, and Z" to meet your "GO" status to be combat ready for war. Dependant on what kind of unit you are in will dictate if that is qualifying with an M9 1 time a year, from doing a Company level Air Assault to execute a deliberate attack on a terrorist complex in MOUT, with a Fries/Spies insert/extract.. at night once a month. Where I am going with this is that I think the army should be more apt to encourage more and more high speed training at lower unit levels for combat skill development.. is that realistic you say? No... Ambitious? Yes. and will I make sure I offer and implement that kind of thing when I am a commander of a unit? absolutely I want my guys to be the sharpest unit and Army Aviation's most successful and valued commodity, the good old fashion way. But that's just my naive litter butter bar opinion.
heres my BLUF: The belts sound like a good idea, if they produce results and meet the commanders intent to accomplish the mission and brings everyone home alive that's all that matters.
here are the cons if you are interested in reading
Cons:
1. over time it as with all things, it could present the ability for soldiers to become complacent and relax their situational awareness perhaps relying on the belt instead of having the discipline to always "know what to do" and be confident at doing it under any circumstance, or as close as practicable METTTC permits.
example A: I need to close out a fuel check every 30 minutes while I am flying a black hawk to calculate a ton of other stuff and ensure I can fly Fobbits and mega fobbits from ice cream shack to icecream shack without running out of gas. This is a basic task, and the standard is I should not need a reminder to do it, from ANYONE but rather utilize my own discipline and knowledge of the Aircrew Training Manual (ATM) standards I am accountable to.
do I use a fucking timer so I don't forget... all the time... but I have spent many hours in remedial training reading my Regs and publications because I forgot to hit the "on" switch hard enough to make the clock thingy start counting. Since then I make sure to include the airframe clock in my instrument crosscheck and refer to start time vs end time, and how much time has elapsed and remains before I need to do the fuel check. I utilize my own discipline to ensure I meet my basic task as outlined in the ATM. Do I still use the timer as a backup... yes... always
2. it's another piece of gear you are going to have to lug around or have to keep spare batteries for and PCC/PCI, inventory, get a death by PP about brief about etc.
I am more for hard core discipline and application of the same SOP's and soldiering skills that I think every solider needs to posses to a certain degree. Kind of how a sports trainer works with a professional athlete on proper technique, strength training, and skill concentration.
What I am trying to say is that I feel that a Soldier's job in the Army should be focused on what he does and me as the leader do everything I possibly can muster to ensure that that soldier is set up for success and becomes as proficient and skilled as he can possibly be. However, that doesn't mean I think we should forsake the basic combat skills we need as a combat force. Commanders put out a policy "Hey you have to do X, Y, and Z" to meet your "GO" status to be combat ready for war. Dependant on what kind of unit you are in will dictate if that is qualifying with an M9 1 time a year, from doing a Company level Air Assault to execute a deliberate attack on a terrorist complex in MOUT, with a Fries/Spies insert/extract.. at night once a month. Where I am going with this is that I think the army should be more apt to encourage more and more high speed training at lower unit levels for combat skill development.. is that realistic you say? No... Ambitious? Yes. and will I make sure I offer and implement that kind of thing when I am a commander of a unit? absolutely I want my guys to be the sharpest unit and Army Aviation's most successful and valued commodity, the good old fashion way. But that's just my naive litter butter bar opinion.
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The weight thing I dont believe would be an issue. The system could be integrated easily enough into gear we already have. As far as batteries go, the military has been working on systems which generate energy based on a soldier's movements for a while and I would not be surprised if they were in full use in 5 years.
As far as mitigating the complacency issue(soldiers get complacent by nature, its a constant battle against it) I'd suggest doing almost all your unit training without the use of the belt. Only doing training with the belt as a soldier task, and not as the norm.
People were worried about soldiers forgetting how to use a map when we got gps. All this does is makes the GPS interact with a dismounted element in a more efficient way. As the article said, no more pullin out a Dagr and tryin to navigate the menus when you should be keeping your head on a swivel. Anything that lets me focus more on the battlefield than my equipment, i think is a win.
What it comes down to is soldiers will need to have refreshers on the basic skills more often just in case the highspeed equipment breaks. But, hasn't that been the case when any new equipment arrives?
As far as mitigating the complacency issue(soldiers get complacent by nature, its a constant battle against it) I'd suggest doing almost all your unit training without the use of the belt. Only doing training with the belt as a soldier task, and not as the norm.
People were worried about soldiers forgetting how to use a map when we got gps. All this does is makes the GPS interact with a dismounted element in a more efficient way. As the article said, no more pullin out a Dagr and tryin to navigate the menus when you should be keeping your head on a swivel. Anything that lets me focus more on the battlefield than my equipment, i think is a win.
What it comes down to is soldiers will need to have refreshers on the basic skills more often just in case the highspeed equipment breaks. But, hasn't that been the case when any new equipment arrives?
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fun until lulzsec hacks into the network and creates a collage
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I just had an epic idea. © BOT #00001 2011
So like, you use the haptic feedback belts and put them on a whole bunch of airsoft/paintball players. Each one will have a tracking device as well which will translate to an overhead view of a playfield. Then you get a commander to play them like an RTS
He could tell which squads where to move and he'd have to input enemy positions either manually by the SALT reports or perhaps they could have a cellphone program to mark enemy positions?
So like, you use the haptic feedback belts and put them on a whole bunch of airsoft/paintball players. Each one will have a tracking device as well which will translate to an overhead view of a playfield. Then you get a commander to play them like an RTS
He could tell which squads where to move and he'd have to input enemy positions either manually by the SALT reports or perhaps they could have a cellphone program to mark enemy positions?