Assaulter Arm Board
 

Looks pretty cool, but I'm pretty sure Elway used to wear one of these:

https://mayflower-rc.com/our-product...ter-arm-board/

Looks like could come in handy.

Do they make one for business suits? :)

Someone will mount a crackberry/iphone in it with an app to hold the data.

"You have to storm an Afghan compound with only spotty intel? There is an app for that..."

LOL!

Seriously though, I am writing military iPhone apps as we speak. First one out will be the 12 Warrior Battle Drills with T, C, & S. Plus all the set up walk-through, talk-through, supporting individual tasks, etc. This one is about 95% done at this time. Some ideas on deck:

Infantry leader's smart card...wpns info, radio calls, CLS info, UXO/IED procedures, basic Arabic/Pashtu/Farsi phrases. Options are endless really when you don't have to fit it on a 3x5.

TM's for common weapons....

Ranger Handbook

Career tracker...thinking of something that would be a basic on hand ERB/ORB, but also include additional info like dates for most recent physical, etc.

And the last idea I have at the moment is a Range Log...put in the weapon model, caliber, serial number. Then track sessions by rounds fired, magazines used, any issues. You could even load service intervals for each weapon or magazine so it would let you know you've used M4 Mag 6 for X number of rounds so you can do maintenance without having to go back through and do a lot of math.

Any more ideas?

If this is too much of a hijack, I'll gladly relocate.

I WISH I had that when I was going thru Ranger School,,,,,

"Excuse me Mr RI, I need to fire up my IPHONE". Hell, I could have possibly actually told him where we were too! (My fat finger didn't do so well at the time,,,,,,)

Actually it works well for snipers as well. ;)

I want one with every unit patch for when I am in airports and see the many different types I don't recognize.

But I don't have an iPhone, so if you could just print that out for me I would accept that.

Yeah, I'm taking my iphone onto the battlefield......

"You need to locate all the enemy iphones currently on the battlefield and rain down artillery on them. There's an app for that...."

Gotta hate it when they ask you "Show me where we are?"
You fat thumb a grid square...then the RI reaches down,
picks up a pine needle and says "Try again Ranger."

Thank you gentlemen for all the fantastic tongue-in-cheek responses.

Most of the apps I am thinking of have more of a training value than they do a direct combat value. Obviously the smart card and such would be useful on the battlefield assuming your battery wasn't dead, but items like the FM's or Battle Drill information (to me anyways) have a lot of practical application for heading to a range without having to carry all the paper copies with you. It simply creates an immediate reference. Plus they would be searchable and such so you could find a certain topic more easily.

You guys didn't carry phones in Ranger? I used mine throughout Darby to order pizza to our planning bay...I guess things have changed...

I wonder how this iteration is different than items already in use like in the attached image:

You had better know your battle drills before deploying or stay home..... Oh just a second guys I need to check the FM.....BAM your DEAD...... That shit needs to be on your laptop in the rear not on your phone.

Cell Phones in Ranger School?????:confused: 1st They did not have Cells back in my day but we did have Pay-Phones. Low-Crawl out of the area and make a call, driver makes a drop off and your low-Crawl back in. When finished eating all you destroy the box and cash the trash so the RI's do not catch you. Guess the new improved army is way different.... Hell we ran PT in Boots back then also.....and never had to make an announcement to put your phones on vibrate in a formation.:p

Ohhhhh. . . bullshit. They didn't have "technology" in your day. I think all communication was based on grunts and pointing.:rolleyes: :D