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A Marine's-Eye View of the Networked Battlefield
Ian Lamont writes "Tyler Boudreau, a Marine veteran of the war in Iraq and a blogger, has written an interesting analysis of the impact of email, IM, and other digital devices upon 'ground-pounders' and their commanders in the field. These innovations were introduced in hopes of increasing situational awareness, rapidly gathering data, analyzing it, organizing it, and then pushing it back out to operators as actionable intelligence. They also provide commanders with the freshest possible information and aid them in their moment-to-moment decision-making. However, Boudreau found that the technologies can lead to micromanagement and deep frustration, trends that he illustrates by describing a shooting incident in al Anbar and its aftermath. He also warns that soldiers can become too dependent upon headquarters for critical decisions, which can lead to dangerous situations when communications get cut off."
So I let out this huge HUGE fart, the kind that feels hot as it exits your asshole. Holy fuckin shit it stank so bad. I think a little liquid shit even came out of my asshole with it, because the fart was so hot and so stinky. It stank so horribly itjust made me want to puke. This, friends, was not just a fart. It wasn't quite a shit. It was a SHART!
People actually use the word 'actionable'?
Do you suppose the "frist psot"-ing troll I replied to actually read TFA?
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