Army sees smartphones as important for soldiers

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-12-13-army-smartphones_N.htm?csp=34tech

And just exactly who is it that gives the army the money to pay those new phone bills or to buy those new smart phones and Kindles?
Are they out of their fucking mind?
I know we're out of ours if we let this continue to become a reality.
You just thought the welfare recipents getting them was bad, at least those have an allotment of only 30 minutes a month. This bitch that they're introducing is an unlimited free for all.
Gee I guess Tech is gonna be the next big thing for the market just like they've been saying. And now we know why
Hell the Army is picking up the tab.
Think about it.


— The Army wants to issue every soldier an iPhone or Android cellphone — it could be a soldier's choice.
And to top it off, the Army wants to pay your monthly phone bill.

To most soldiers, it sounds almost too good to be true, but it's real, said Lt. Gen. Michael Vane, director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC). He said the Army would issue these smartphones just like any other piece of equipment a soldier receives.

"One of the options potentially is to make it a piece of equipment in a soldier's clothing bag," Vane said.

Efforts are underway around the Army to harness smart phones to revolutionize the way the service trains and fights.

Army-issued smartphones are already in the schoolhouse and garrison, or on post, in the hands of some students at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; Fort Lee, Va.; and at Fort Sill, Okla., under an Army program called Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications. CSDA's next step, already underway at Fort Bliss, Texas, is testing for the war zone.

In February, the Army plans to begin fielding phones, network equipment and applications to the first Army brigade to be modernized under the brigade combat team modernization program. That test will not be limited to smart phones but will include any electronic devices that may be useful to troops.

"We're looking at everything from iPads to Kindles to Nook readers to mini-projectors," said Mike McCarthy, director of the mission command complex of Future Force Integration Directorate at Fort Bliss.

Official says Army must expedite civilian hiring process

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20101027_8206.php

Remember Obama's civilian work force idea?
Did any of you get the idea that it was supposed to be intertwined into the Military?
If the military is offering more defined career paths and training them, what is the point in hiring a civilian rather than than someone that is already active in the military?
How wide open are we allowing our miltary forces to be infiltrated from the outside?
Because it really doesn't seem like we actually have a military at all now.



The Army needs to hire civilian employees faster, offer more defined career paths and improve training, a top official said during a conference on Wednesday in Washington.

Undersecretary Joseph Westphal, who detailed the new Civilian Workforce Transformation Plan, part of the 2011 Army Business Transformation Plan he approved Oct. 1, said it now takes about 130 days for the service to move on an application for civilian employment, at which point the candidate likely has moved on to other job opportunities. Westphal spoke during a press briefing at the Association of the United States Army conference.

The Army wants to slash the hiring process to 80 days, Westphal said, and plans to use the USA Staffing software the Office of Personnel Management developed to help expedite onboarding. He added the Army, which has more than 300,000 civilian employees, needs to refine the software and other tools to better match applicants and their skills with vacancies