How the Super Bowl Will Reach US Submarines

Velcroman1 writes "Ever wonder how troops serving abroad in remote locations and even underwater might get to watch the Super Bowl? The very same highly advanced technology used to pass classified drone video feeds will be deployed this Sunday to ensure U.S. troops can see the Super Bowl — - no matter how far away from home they are. The broadcast is the result of a unique media, government and technology partnership with the American Forces Radio and Television Service, Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force. The Global Broadcast Service (GBS) may be normally used to disseminate video, images and other data, but major sporting events have been broadcast over it as well. The system will be 'as small as a laptop, and [equipment] the size of a shoebox and umbrella' yet 'in other places will be projected onto large screens in hangers' like aircraft carriers out at sea, explained Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems' chief innovation officer Mark Bigham."

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No problem paying for

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equipment, medical attention, and decent salaries. But television. Really, this is the military that can find 8% of wasteful spending to cut?

This reminds me of Ron Paul who does want to fund the defense of the US, but sponsored room so that soldiers who we pay to defend the country can play video games. I know that we have to pay for recreation for these people, but really. The NFL exists to sell beer and hookers I don't see why the taxpayer has to subsidize them beyond what we already do.

The bottom line is that soldiers have chosen to do a job. I can't tell you how many times my choices have prevented me from participating in a national event. But we are grownups and we deal.

Again, full funding for necessary equipment. But this is not a tea party.