Secret Duty

[daveamongus]

Once upon a time, I went to Iraq.

Along the way, I did what most reservists end up doing: parlaying civilian expertise into military pseudo-specialties. The first of these, for me, was learning Arabic at an accelerated pace which, while neat, turned out to be mostly useless because we were awash with local nationals and Arabic-speaking Americans

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[zamiel]

If it's any help, I, at least, am fascinated by hearing tales of technology. Of course, I'm not exactly the average layperson either, but ...

[daveamongus]

I probably won't post any more about the technical details, but if you have any questions, just ask ;)

[fpb]

It all goes to show that the person who first said that "Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms" knew what they were talking about. They are trying to extradite a British geek who violated the Pentagon computers in search of UFOs, and in the meanwhile a system like this, of serious tactical importance, is shown to ordinary Marines. Sometimes the army really does represent concentrated insanity.