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2016-03-21 Government

Retired DIA Director sez war fighting network 'DCGS' is a flop, must be ditched.

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-21 02:28|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 During the height of the Afghanistan War, some soldiers parked the hardware off to the side and relied on commercially available Web-linked computers.

And thankfully, still do 'park the hardware.'

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-21 02:42|| 2016-03-21 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2 An Elephant; a Mouse built to government specifications. — Robert A. Heinlein

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-21 03:14|| 2016-03-21 03:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Too big to fail. The 'Dristributed Common Ground Station' (DCGS) is the F-35 of the DoD Intelligence Community. No, on second thought, DCGS is probably worse. At least pilots are willing to FLY the F-35.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-21 03:26|| 2016-03-21 03:26|| Front Page Top

#4 How about recalling all the medals handed out to the past Program Managers too?

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-03-21 09:17|| 2016-03-21 09:17|| Front Page Top

#5 commercially available Web-linked computers

Field expediency: pigs, coke cans and homebuilt Access databases.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-03-21 12:08|| 2016-03-21 12:08|| Front Page Top

#6 How about recalling all the medals handed out to the past Program Managers too?
Posted by: Procopius2k

A good place to start P2k, but it goes all the way up to the Army G2, possibly higher.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-21 13:19|| 2016-03-21 13:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Were those field expedients as secure as Hillary Clinton's bathroom set up?

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-21 21:30|| 2016-03-21 21:30|| Front Page Top

#8 No.

Posted by KBK 2016-03-21 22:25|| 2016-03-21 22:25|| Front Page Top

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