The Australian – Australian troops on the HMAS Kanimbla are likely to be away at least three month helping to rebuild tsunami-ravaged Aceh.
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Daily Archives: February 17, 2005
Ground Warfare – A New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to Battle
New York Times – The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in the American military in less than a decade, hunting and killing enemies in combat.
Daily Telegraph – Pentagon prepares to build £70bn robot army
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Wargaming – On Maneuvers With the Army's Game Squad
New York Times – America’s Army, a video game developed as a Pentagon recruiting tool, has gained an avid following. Now the Army has put the game developers through a boot camp to acquaint them better with the soldier’s world.
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US Navy – Nascent Strategy Foreshadows Seismic Personnel Changes
Sea Power – While the public spotlight in Washington, D.C., is focused on defense numbers, as usual, relatively scant attention is being given to a nascent personnel management strategy that foretells of fundamental change to the Navy and its people, possibly to include several revolutionary shifts in the serviceís recruitment and staffing practices.
NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence™ 