[Az-Geocaching] GPS in the Army

Team Tierra Buena listserv@azgeocaching.com
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 14:49:06 -0700


> Thats not really any better than most modern GPS devices, but 
> I suppose 
> the govt probably pays $50,000 for each of those.
> At least I would hope they are bullet proof or something that 
> makes it 
> work it :)

Well, that's the "GI" one they showed on the TV show. And the whole
point was that even though the controller had one, it was too heavy and
the batteries died too quickly, so he used his Etrex Vista instead.