Lance Bacon at the Army Times has a piece up about developments at the labs at Natick that will benefit our soldiers of the future. Imagine a soldier: strong enough to carry 200 pounds without breaking a sweat; able to pinpoint a shooter’s location after hearing one shot; able to see what is happening behind walls; able to see a person’s heat signature at night and in bad weather; knowing the location of good and bad guys beyond the periphery of his own vision. This “super soldier” may sound like the lead character in a summer blockbuster. In truth, the super soldier is you — and this scenario is closer than you think... Read the whole piece. (And, yes, Soldiers will always have to Shoot, Move, and Communicate like the old school way no matter the developments in technology).
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