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What Advancements in Technology Do You Think Today's Military Would Most Benefit From?
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Fighting battles is no longer restricted to physical/psychological warfare but on the internet. Cyber warfare is more and more prevalent. Simply learning/teaching coding and being able to speak those particular "languages", can help not just our fighting men and women but the nation as a whole.
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Medical technology in the military has zoomed from the 50s and 60s and 70s when technology was really running a race. But, today, medical technolgy can often see what might happen to a soldier and lets the medics and doctors have a better idea of what preventives might do for the patient, and what medications could slow or even stop the probable disease or condition that technology often forsees what might be coming around the corner. "Preventive Medicine", is a wonderful card in the game of "heatlh", and when we can stop a disease or other posslbe redundancy with the patient's possible natural health problems. The sooner we stop or recognize what might be coming, technology these days, often lets us get ahead of a condition that is probable at some point.
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Augmented reality in surgery could be very useful. They’re making great strides in the civilian sector. I’ve watched a few YouTube videos and read a few articles about how doctors are using it and providing the patient with a better quality of life.
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PO2 Norman Stanski
AI only tracks and develops patterns of previous things that have already been done by humans.....it doesn't develope any new hypotheses
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The military could benefit from are exo-suit that are created from lightest and strongest materials. There are Chameleon military grade materials that can repel some bullets currently in development. And all of the afore mentions about going to the basics.
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They need a highly proficient small power source. As well as a larger autonomous power source. Bot have been invented by autonomous0energy. The company is being stifled because it poses a risk to the current energy industry. So what they need most, they will not get, because of big business.
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Pie in the sky?
I'd love to see a radiation eating robot. Or bacteria. Go to a place where a nuke had been dropped - or a power plant has melted down / been overcome (Chernobyl, 3-mile island, Fukushima, etc.), Set the bot / bug loose, and let it eat up all of the radiation, making it safe for humans - and other life forms - again.
Bonus if it works for nuclear waste, as well.
I'd love to see a radiation eating robot. Or bacteria. Go to a place where a nuke had been dropped - or a power plant has melted down / been overcome (Chernobyl, 3-mile island, Fukushima, etc.), Set the bot / bug loose, and let it eat up all of the radiation, making it safe for humans - and other life forms - again.
Bonus if it works for nuclear waste, as well.
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Finding records for military from the fire in the 1970's and initiating a contact from social security records of the now living so those who served can get their DD214 numbers and any benefits they might need. I have given up on trying to get this from the VA for my spouse.
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The answer is greater than mere technology. Human relate-ability seems to be the characteristic needed most between doctor and patient. If I see my doctor for 15 minutes twice a year, and then must trust him with my very life on decisions he must make, without knowing who I am, it is easy to become---rightly---skeptical, fearful, and anxious. As a child, my doctor came to my home. He knew my parents, and he knew me---more than merely statistically. He knew the person, and I trusted him. Technology is void of attributes such as compassion, understanding and concern. It is human contact, more than technology, that makes a man whole and complete.
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There will be a point in time where many medical functions will be detected by using a small wearable device (such as a skin patch), connected thru a smart phone and sent to the VA doctor for analysis. This will replace the need for many face to face doctor visits unless the a serious issue is detected.
Some VA patients have to travel a great distance to get from their home to the nearest VA facility. Distance non-emergency medical care will be the norm.
Some VA patients have to travel a great distance to get from their home to the nearest VA facility. Distance non-emergency medical care will be the norm.
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TSgt Maria-Teresa King
Good morning PO2 Levine. If you would please allow me to agree but somewhat extend my means of thinking. It is not a piece of device that I want to be embedded in the member, but a piece of technology that can be shared within the system. As the civilian healthcare administrator has dubbed it Promoting Interoperability (PI) under the Electronic Health Record (EHR). My view is within the means of connecting medical records to other clinical systems. I have viewed PI has been the common denominator for most healthcare issues. Information requires the provision of accountability for clinicians to adequately observe and provide treatment for their patients. Imagine a healthcare system that allows the dissemination of information to be shared without any restriction; however, legally and without violating Personal Identifiable Information (PII). Such platform can then allow accurate diagnosis and treatment without redundancy making our healthcare system run accurately thus creating an effective outcome.
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Date rape and sexual assault VR simulation training, MST must be protect our youth. Mobile sick call and wellness in collaboration with clinics and hospitals.
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SN Sean Diamond
Greetings PFC Madrid,
There has to be a service-wide effort to instill a sense of "team" in all servicemembers, where all learn the importance of protecting each other. If not, MST and other personal attacks will continue to be costly, in both readiness and on the individual. It never ceases to amaze me that these cowardly acts and the failure to properly address the issue are steadfast in our military.
There has to be a service-wide effort to instill a sense of "team" in all servicemembers, where all learn the importance of protecting each other. If not, MST and other personal attacks will continue to be costly, in both readiness and on the individual. It never ceases to amaze me that these cowardly acts and the failure to properly address the issue are steadfast in our military.
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PFC Zachary Madrid
I think team installs a false sense of safety, bad apples in all batches. But knowing first hand the after effects of drug rape, resources, gender issues ahead of such a terrible effect would better prepare our warriors. How does one recognize the signs of sexual assault, or drug facilitated rape without proper without ever having experienced it. VR is the closest most person thing that could educate members of the armed forces. “PowerPoint slide-shows” on sexual assault are obviously NOT enough to prepare or prevent. A sense of teamwork is great if you could eliminate wrong doers. 40% of MST cases at the VA are men, usually heterosexual sexual males assaulted by toxic heterosexual males or hate crime in race relations. CID/Leadership have failed in protecting our members. We have failed in preparing and educating our members.
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PFC Zachary Madrid
Make it personal, PowerPoint ain’t cutting it. We have failed our brothers and sister. Numbers are up. Nobody safe.
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Date Rape And Sexual Assault VR simulation and training. End the violence, prepare the warriors.
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Communications is the technology that is most beneficial to troops. There are plenty of pretty smart people working on technologies in support of combat and other operations. Troops who have the ability to communicate with their families and others has an immmediate impact on morale, which improves retention. I was on a submarine with no family contact for the months underway. This was a major factor in leaving active service. Hopefully the secure technologies available make a military career easier for troops and their families.
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Footwear. Often overlooked (except when discussing the quality of the shine), but probably a leading cause of clinic/hospital visits. How much better could we be if we learned how to prevent the chronic foot/ankle/knee/hip/back problems that veterans experience daily?
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Having been a healthcare provider in the military for over twenty years and retired with 29 years of service, the most important tech advancement would be for the military healthcare records system to be of the same system that the VA utilizes so that the two systems can speak seamlessly. There is tremendous additional work and effort required due to these systems not speaking to one another. Thank you, Lorinda Fontaine-Farris, LtCol (Ret), USAF
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A.I. and the use of unmanned or autonomous vehicles and "units" ( Air, Ground, Etc.) along with the newest tech being used for those that do come into harms way. Reducing or eliminating casualties and injuries would garner support from the families, in recruiting and a myriad of other areas.
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