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ASSIST’s most powerful application to date is called Tactical Ground Reporting System or TIGR (why not TGRS?), which is being used by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Maeda set the stage by telling us of how intelligence in the military traditionally flows. Soldiers observe something (e.g., men in keffiyeh with Kalashnikovs coming from and going to a mud-walled compound) and write up a report, which is passed up the chain of command to someone with the authority to decide whether or not to initiate an activity (e.g., call in an airstrike). The information moves upward in the organization, and the soldier who made the observation may never know how it was used.
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It’s the soldiers who need to know what’s happening in the compound, knowledge that could mean the difference between life and death.
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ASSIST's most powerful application to date is called Tactical Ground Reporting System or TIGR, which is being used by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. This helps the soldier be able to get the information to his commander and then to the head person to decide if they will need to make a move on the threat.