[Az-Geocaching] GPS in the Army

Ben Dilcher listserv@azgeocaching.com
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:29:09 -0700


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My brother E-5 Sergeant in the US army spends most of his time in a Bradl=
ey attack vehicles (small fast moving tank) and the Hummers.Says that the=
 gps provided by the Army has an accuracy of 2 meters.

----- Original Message -----
From: Team Tierra Buena
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:24 AM
To: az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] GPS in the Army

In an insomniac bout last night, I surfed into the Discovery Channel in t=
he middle of a program about US armed forces in Afghanistan. In one segme=
nt they were showing how combat controllers (I think that was what they w=
ere called, perhaps it was "forward controllers") perform their duties.

It is their job to provide target coordinates to air strikes.  They do th=
is by sighting on  a target and projecting a waypoint from where they are=
 to the target, which waypoint they then report to the bombers. They show=
ed a picture of a bazillion-dollar mil-spec GPS. Then the narrator stated=
 that the soldiers prefer to use consumer models as they are far lighter =
and consume batteries much more slowly, while the film showed a soldier u=
sing a clearly-labeled Garmin Vista to do the waypoint projection.

I'm not posting this to add ammo to the Garmin-Maggie skirmish here. I ju=
st thought it was cool to be watching it and see them using a piece of ge=
ar I've got in my backpack.

Steve
Team Tierra Buena

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12003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">In an insomniac bout last night, I surf=
ed into the Discovery Channel in the middle of a program about US armed f=
orces in Afghanistan. In one segment they were showing how combat control=
lers (I think that was what they were called, perhaps it was "forward con=
trollers") perform their duties.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D9=
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">It is t=
heir job to provide target coordinates to air strikes.&nbsp; They do this=
 by sighting on&nbsp; a target and projecting a waypoint from where they =
are to the target, which waypoint they then report to the&nbsp;bombers. T=
hey showed a picture of a bazillion-dollar mil-spec GPS. Then the narrato=
r&nbsp;stated that the soldiers prefer to use consumer models as they are=
 far lighter and consume batteries much more slowly, while&nbsp;the film =
showed a soldier using a clearly-labeled Garmin Vista to do the waypoint =
projection.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FO=
NT face=3D"Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D99=
8590613-31012003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">I'm not posting this to add =
ammo to the Garmin-Maggie skirmish here. I just thought it was cool to be=
 watching it and see them using a piece of gear I've got in my backpack.<=
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2003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">Steve</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN cla=
ss=3D998590613-31012003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">Team Tierra Buena</FO=
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