Staff Sgt. Reag Wood (left) and Spc. Michael Torrez are members of the Army Evaluation Task Force, which assesses smart phone technologies for use in new training approaches and operational environments. (Annie Gammell/Special to The Washington Times)Soldiers On Battlefield Turn Apps Into Arms -- Washington Times
Smart phones redefine warfare
The Army is mobilizing — in a 21st-century kind of way.
Soldiers armed with smart phones are finding new ways to fight and subsequently redefining the battlefield. They can share intelligence and translate languages with what amounts basically to the common cell phone.
“This isn’t the future. This is now,” said Lt. Col. Greg Motes of the Army Signal Center at Fort Gordon, Ga.
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