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Title: The Marine Corps Just Spent $6 Million on a War Tool Invented in a Barracks
Post by: rangerrebew on April 07, 2017, 11:28:03 am

The Marine Corps Just Spent $6 Million on a War Tool Invented in a Barracks


Posted By: Hope Hodge Seck April 6, 2017

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The Marine Corps is proving the potential of its newly established rapid capabilities office with an early purchase: a tactical decision-making kit, invented by Marine grunts, that blends a range of cutting-edge technologies to allow infantry squads to compete against each other in a realistic simulated training environment.

The service inked a $6.4 million contract March 31 for enough kits to outfit 24 infantry battalions with the technology. The contract came just 51 days after Marine leaders identified the technology, invented in a Camp Lejeune barracks room, as a valuable capability for the service, said Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command.

https://kitup.military.com/2017/04/marine-corps-spends-6-million-war-tool-invented-barracks.html

Title: Re: The Marine Corps Just Spent $6 Million on a War Tool Invented in a Barracks
Post by: thackney on April 07, 2017, 12:05:34 pm

Quote from: rangerrebew on April 07, 2017, 11:28:03 am

...a tactical decision-making kit...

My first thoughts:

"They bought 858,369 of the following:

(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/e2cb5786-b19e-49d0-81bd-243f1880e88b_1.9717ab9851517536c8166e01052fba2b.jpeg)

Title: Re: The Marine Corps Just Spent $6 Million on a War Tool Invented in a Barracks
Post by: Maj. Bill Martin on April 07, 2017, 03:08:37 pm

Quote from: thackney on April 07, 2017, 12:05:34 pm

My first thoughts:

"They bought 858,369 of the following:

(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/e2cb5786-b19e-49d0-81bd-243f1880e88b_1.9717ab9851517536c8166e01052fba2b.jpeg)

And the answer is...

"Attack!"