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Title: Army of the Future, According to 1956
Post by: bayonetbrant on April 25, 2017, 05:34:39 AM
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(https://www.ausa.org/sites/default/files/styles/media_full/public/24_Army_1156.jpg?itok=OOGQdi5u)

info here
https://www.ausa.org/publications/soldier-futurarmy
and more here
http://www.businessinsider.com/1956-magazine-story-soldier-future-2017-4/
Title: Re: Army of the Future, According to 1956
Post by: Staggerwing on April 25, 2017, 05:46:08 AM
Good thing they found a place to carry extra socks.
Title: Re: Army of the Future, According to 1956
Post by: bbmike on April 25, 2017, 05:46:30 AM
Funny that the future was the 1970s. And now I'm blind from that awful red color.  :buck2:
Title: Re: Army of the Future, According to 1956
Post by: Cyrano on April 25, 2017, 06:58:21 AM
Well, we know the importance of taking your towel into battle, so that's squared away.  Delighted that the magazine appears to be bent solely because it's from the future...of a piece with MST3K's "space-" everything sketch.