A Former Marine Discusses IT In Iraq
(Wall Street Journal)…Lee Gomes, July 1, 2008, Pg. B6
The U.S. military has been as enthusiastic about information technology as U.S. businesses have been, making computers, email and instant messaging part of everyday life for troops in Iraq. But the question of whether IT makes people better at what they do seems just as mixed a picture in combat as it is in the office.
The goal in war has always been to get as much intelligence to headquarters as quickly as possible, then to process it and get it back into the field. So, obviously, when you’re in the military and living in the Information Age, you want to take advantage of whatever technology is available. Radio is still the primary means of communication. With email, though, if anybody writes something, it’s a lot easier to read it later.
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