The Future of Battlefield Communication

[jvolstad]

I like HF Radio as well. No need relay sites.

[jvolstad]

I trained my troops to be independent thinkers. We all did that. Developed leaders as well.

[badger5079]

Enemy of the state...Denzel Washington. Will Smith starred in that film.

That's awkward. He mixed up his black actors.

[szalam555]

GTFO with war , we don't want war! who needs this communcation shit?

[MrJoviun]

@szalam555 soilders need it

[godmadeu]

@MrJoviun soilders?? soilders ?? what the fuck is soilders , idiot

[MrJoviun]

@godmadeu they are like soldiers except they have webbed feet.

[godmadeu]

@MrJoviun oh have I touched a nerve? your mother was a whore, a new direction? that was one, i can't wait for your next fail.

[PrivateSlacker]

Those politicians don't hate you because you killed a useless boondoggle.

They hate you because you canceled a large jobs project for their constituents and made it harder for them to launder money. They didn't care that it was making useless equipment that soldiers rejected.

[blackiron60]

This is classic.

[RemiG2006]

True, true, true. That's why they end up in the military!

[kenwest00]

try will smith.

[edwinthedrummer]

The full video is tons better.

[Chrisnoscrub047]

nature of the State.

[Chrisnoscrub047]

denzel washington??

[spikesmth]

I'm surprised the general would call his men stupid! I thought they were supposed to be smart efficient killing machines. Great stuff though, especially cutting billions of dollars of obsolete garbage.

[WarVideo]

Thats why the US ARMY is going down hill, the mentality descibed of the PEO. "These guys are stupid" "I want them to shoot when I tell them to" Top down centralized control. Next war, if we fight someone that can operate faster, we are going to get our asses handed to us.

[disquieted]

You're right, unfortunately. But, this guy, while not entirely uncommon, is not representative of the current O-3s to O-6s. We're growing up under Gen. Petraeus, David Kilcullen, we've read Gallula, and we understand that thinking troops, working bottom-up, is essential to success.

There will always be a few of the guys who don't get it and can only think kinetic ops, but they're no longer the majority power in the Marine Corps, nor Army.

[Morris1962]

WarVideo: I agree any officer who calls young enlistees stupid, is basically letting you know that he is unfit for command.

Disqieted: A very well written reply, I hope it is all true.

[Efferts]

Unfit? Not necessarily. That's the goal. Im enlisted but among the few that realize it's just their job to discourage individuality. It's fun "acting" as expected while on the job, but a lot of ppl- both those who love it & hate it- can't comprehend it.

It's mind games.

[Efferts]

Realize there's (supposedly) no discrimination between financial classes, education, race, religion, or creed in the military.

Only rank determines how you're treated. Rank determines how much work & time you put in. A teen born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Olympic-level agility, & University-level education is portrayed as a piece of shit while an E1 or E2 in the service. It's a brand new world.

[WarVideo]

Yes working bottom up is essential. But on your other point, im actually against much of the non-kinetic operations. Im against much of this current counter insurgency operations we are doing and I think we should be going more kinetic. Actually, not being kittetic from the start is whats gotten us into the mess we are in right now. Our goals and objectives fromthe start of the war were the problem.

[MysteryManoLove]

Awesome!! Get that stuff on the battlefiels ASAP, they need that stuff.

[garvess]

Who do you mean? The Iraqis, Sunnis, shiites, Americans, Koreans, Russians, Sudanese?

[MysteryManoLove]

U.S. Military

[garvess]

Of course.