The Marine Corps is DOOMed!

Christian L. Wilson

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May 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/10/96

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Date: 04/10/96 Release #: 0020-96 Byline: Scott M. Gordon, 1stLt USMC

Headline: The Marine Corps is DOOMed!

What is our Corps' leadership supposed to do with this new MTV generation?
Nintendo, Sega Genesis, video games... The Commandant of the Marine Corps
has the right idea. Don't complain about our nation's youth wanting to play
video games, take advantage of it. The United States Marine Corps has set up
a program to develop computer simulations to enhance training. Colonel Paul
Hanover, Director of the Marine Corps Modeling and Simulation Management
Office, has been tasked to develop these games to enhance training for small
unit tactics and larger-scaled war games. "Technology is moving at a pace
that enables us as warriors to train in areas that were previously reserved
for expensive and infrequent field exercises," said Hanover. He has two very
talented Marines, 1stLt Scott Barnett and Sgt. Daniel Snyder, who have taken
the popular computer game DOOM and built new scenarios, changing the
monsters and ghouls into lifelike potential combatants, and limiting the
weapons to those more like those in the Marine Corps arsenal for use in the
"game." The Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Charles Krulak said, "By
putting weapon systems into [the game] it could be a tremendous tool that
you could plan for anyone to train with." According to Barnett, "We can
convert any blueprint of a building, videotape of a training area or a
potential battlefield into a scenario for this training aid." The game DOOM
was selected because multiple players can interact in the same game on
separate computers. "Right now up to four Marines can work together and
practice small unit tactics," said Snyder. "These could be brought into the
barracks to allow Marines to play on in their spare time," Krulak said, "I
think they'll love it." For those without their own personal computers,
computer labs have been set up at Camp Lejeune, NC, Marine Corps Logistics
Base in Albany, GA, and at Marine Corps Combat Development Command at
Quantico, VA, where Marines can take advantage of these wargames. This
technology has great potential. For example, a Marine Expeditionary Unit
floating off the shore of a hostile country might get a mission to evacuate
Americans and friendly foreign nationals from the U.S. Embassy. Using a
reprogramed DOOM, Marines waiting for the word to go ashore could get
familiarized with the Embassy, and what each of their duties could be during
the rescue. Fire teams could practice clearing rooms, traversing corridors,
and rehearsing their mission. When the order is given, the Marines will have
"seen" the terrain before and will have an idea of what to look for. But
more importantly, they will have had the opportunity to make decisions, make
mistakes, and learn from them so they will be better prepared for whatever
lies ahead. The fog of war is often the difference between victory and a
bloody defeat. Superior firepower, experienced leaders, and realistic
training are but a few ways to cut through this fog. Computer simulations
such as Marine DOOM will never replace field training; however, it will
greatly enhance it. -30-

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Spectre Gunner

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May 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/13/96

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Christian:

I appreciate your posting of these. Really I do!!!!

But, can you do something to make sur that the paragraphing remains in
place?

Solid blocks of text are difficult/impossible for these old eyes to
read anymore.

Thanks.

Frank Vaughan/Spectre Gunner

On Fri, 10 May 1996 16:45:03 GMT, ba...@teleport.com (Christian L.
Wilson) posted:

WILLIAM HAROLD ROLLINS

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May 15, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/15/96

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Spectre Gunner (bag...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: Christian:

: I appreciate your posting of these. Really I do!!!!
: But, can you do something to make sur that the paragraphing remains in
: place?
: Solid blocks of text are difficult/impossible for these old eyes to
: read anymore.

Aw shucks Frank. Do you mean that if I am stupid enough to get Windoze 95
I should stay off usenet?

Some Goddam dumbass billionaire named Gates decided that usenet oughta be
a 32 bit system when its still possible to access with an 8 bit system.

Bill in New Mexico

Jerry Garrison

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May 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/16/96

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In article <4nc8vd$s...@bubba.NMSU.Edu>, wrol...@nmsu.edu (WILLIAM HAROLD
ROLLINS) wrote:

>Spectre Gunner (bag...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
>: Christian:

>: I appreciate your posting of these. Really I do!!!!
>: But, can you do something to make sur that the paragraphing remains in
>: place?
>: Solid blocks of text are difficult/impossible for these old eyes to
>: read anymore.
>

>Aw shucks Frank. Do you mean that if I am stupid enough to get Windoze 95
>I should stay off usenet?
>
>Some Goddam dumbass billionaire named Gates decided that usenet oughta be
>a 32 bit system when its still possible to access with an 8 bit system.
>
>Bill in New Mexico

If you got rid of that F*****G dinosaur you are using you'd not have that
problem....As slow at adopting modern technology as graduating from
college I see.... ;-)

--
Jerry Garrison
MSgt USMC Ret

"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously" - Hubert H. Humphrey

WILLIAM HAROLD ROLLINS

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May 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/17/96

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Jerry Garrison (afn2...@afn.org) wrote:
: >Some Goddam dumbass billionaire named Gates decided that usenet oughta be

: >a 32 bit system when its still possible to access with an 8 bit system.
: >
: >Bill in New Mexico

: If you got rid of that F*****G dinosaur you are using you'd not have that
: problem....As slow at adopting modern technology as graduating from
: college I see.... ;-)

Dinosaur? I'll have you know this sucker was absolutely state of the art
when I soldered it together on my kitchen table in 1978. Since then I've
added a punch tape reader and a surplus teletype. Its a hell of a lot
more modern than most current weapons systems.

Bill in New Mexico

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May 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/19/96

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Michael Howard (mi...@delta1.deltanet.com) wrote:

: Bill, if you decide to get a color television, I've got a Tandy CoCo we

: can negotiate about. It lets you use cassette tapes instead of punch tape.

Television? Is that one of those funny looking radios with pictures?
Sorta like them newfangled talking picture things except you don't have
to go downtown to see them?

Actually I have TRS-80 Models 1, 2 and 3 all set up and operating. I
sometimes use the model 3 to access here. Right now I'm using a KayPro
CP/M machine because I wanted to download some new games from the
archives at WSMR.

Two years ago I bought a bunch of miscellaneous computer stuff at a
government auction and got a bunch of C=64 cartridges that had missile
ballistics from WSMR burned into EPROMs.

Bill in New Mexico

WILLIAM HAROLD ROLLINS

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May 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/19/96

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Karon (kar...@airmail.net) wrote:
: My mind is going. I simply do not remember current loop on PC's. I do

: remember doing my best to migrate all users to TTL, but that must have
: been completed before PC's. NO! Wait! I am not that old!
: Thanks for the correction.

Current loops were never a problem for sailors. Univac 3000 sound
familiar? About a gazillion TTL circuits and a thousand push buttons. Big
tape drives and a punch card reader.

PCs developed around the 8080 and 6500 series VSLI chips. Very Large
Scale Integration for the tronically impaired.

Bill in New Mexico

Spectre Gunner

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May 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/21/96

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On 19 May 1996 01:44:16 GMT, wrol...@nmsu.edu (WILLIAM HAROLD
ROLLINS) posted:

>
> I run a local BBS just to help pay my phone and electric bills but I
> don't advertise it here cause it ain't free and the subject matter is not
> fit for a distinguished group like this.
>
> Bill in New Mexico
>

Bill:

for what it is worth, your BBS could specialize in movies of underage
giraffes having sex, and it would be more honorable than another
certain BBS that is routinely advertised in this newsgroup.

And, you'd probably be more relevant!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vietnam Veteran
AC-130E Spectre Gunships
16th Special Operations Squadron (USAF)
"We were winning when I left."
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Spectre Gunner

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May 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/21/96

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On 19 May 1996 06:33:35 GMT, wrol...@nmsu.edu (WILLIAM HAROLD
ROLLINS) posted:

> Karon (kar...@airmail.net) wrote:

That's why the Navy has such big ships -- to haul around all the
obslete computer and electronic equipment that the Air Force sold to
them.

WILLIAM HAROLD ROLLINS

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May 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/22/96

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Spectre Gunner (bag...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: That's why the Navy has such big ships -- to haul around all the

: obslete computer and electronic equipment that the Air Force sold to
: them.

Thats partially true. The Navy put the mainframes aboard carriers in the
late 60s and early 70s to support the 3M paperwork for aviation
Maintenance they adopted from the Air Force. The USAF promptly scrapped
it in favor of something better. AFAIK the Navy still uses it.

Since the USAF was formed they had to be better than anyone else at
getting money out of congress or suck hind tit and the Army and Navy were
set in their ways so the AF bases are nicer, better clubs, better
housing, better most everything dealing with daily life.

I worked at Walker AFB in 65-66 and Airmen were 3 to a room. SSGTs and
above were 2 to a room. MSGTs were in single rooms. Imagine my surprise
when I went into the Navy and found E-6 and below in open bay barracks.

Bill in New Mexico

P.S. If you ever ate Midrats at Walker AFB in 65-66 I probably pissed in
your coffee.