Photo: Cpl Rashaun X. James USMCiPads Now Helping Marines Unleash Hell -- The Danger Room
When Marines are in a firefight in Afghanistan and need back up, they call in helicopters to blast the enemy from the sky. Sounds simple enough, but it’s not — according to current standard operating procedures for close-air strikes, ground troops radio coordinates to a pilot who then has to rifle through 60 to 80 pounds of maps to find the building he’s supposed to hit. Radio signals cut out, coordinates get jumbled and, even with half a grown man’s weight in maps in the cockpit, sometimes the pilot doesn’t have a detailed image of the target area. But this may all change soon.
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More News On How iPads Are Being Used By The Military
On Target With iPads: Close-Air Support Pilots Use Devices To Solve Map Problem -- Defense News
iPads to Aid U.S. Marines in Bombing the Right Buildings -- NBC Bay Area
Marines Trying Out iPads Instead of Pounds Upon Pounds of Maps -- Geekosystem
Military Buys iPads in the Hopes They'll Help With This -- Cafemom
iPads now helping Marines communicate, mark targets in battle -- Stars and Stripes
Military 24/7 App Extends to iPhone and iPod touch -- iPad News Tracker
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