The Coast Guard troops who cover the Great Lakes are being asked to consider laser tag (sorry, stupid registration required) as an alternative to using actual weapons for weapons training.
Duck-Hunt for Weapons Training?
Aug 23 2007 — 2:00am
2 Reader Comments
8:02 am
We used lasers for combat training even in my day — I believe it was called the MILES system — multiple integrated laser (?) system — or something like that. Had little sensors on our helmets and web gear that indicated when we had been hit. That, and the blinding red light in the eyes and the horrible screams as the blinding beam burned deep into our flesh. They hadn’t quite worked out all the bugs yet.
The bigger ordinance had the system, too, even the tanks.
4:32 am
Not surprising. Several years of playing Buck Hunter at Groveland Tap qualified me to join the SEALs.