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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEvery soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan wore a GoPro or similar camera...
At least every soldier in every picture I've ever seen. So, there must be a LOT of surplus GoPro cameras in the military flea market. How come we only send the police excess tanks and assault vehicles? How about if instead we send them all those goddamn GoPros?
"You may think I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one..."
Krytan11c
(271 posts)This is not the case in Iraq when I was there in 06-07 and 09-10. Some other soldiers had their own personal camcorders, but nothing issued or mandated. IDK if that has changed or not.
Atman
(31,464 posts)Really, in pretty much every photo I've seen of soldiers carrying out missions in the ME, they're all wearing GoPro's attached to their helmets. I assumed it was part of their gear. Bad assumption, I guess. But still...every cop should be wearing one. Every single one, right up the to top brass. They're cheap, and they'd save lives, and more important to the bean counters, they'd save millions in lawsuits. Study after study proves that people behave better when they know they're being recorded on video.
Krytan11c
(271 posts)Every cop should have a camera on them that cannot be turned off. Hell, it is better for them too, maybe they would be able to review tape and see evidence they missed.
Atman
(31,464 posts)Just sayin'.
Some troops but their own, but I've never seen any issued.
stone space
(6,498 posts)(I mean giving soldiers body cams as well as cops. Hell, anybody who carries a gun.)
Atman
(31,464 posts)I'm not serious, of course. But it's an intriguing idea.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Atman
(31,464 posts)Although I appreciate your input, no matter how worthless.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)like that
Atman
(31,464 posts)Again, if you actually read the thread you'd see that other people pointed out the same thing you did, without being assholes. And I immediately acknowledged that I was wrong about the cameras being military-issue. Do you feel better, though, now that you've thumped your chest and stood your ground? I'm here just to make you feel validated.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)glad we cleared that up
next
Atman
(31,464 posts)If you had taken 30 seconds of your precious time, you'd understand that you're barking up the proverbial wrong tree. But you didn't take the time. You just want to sling shit instead. I addressed your "concern." You ignored it. That's my problem how?
Baclava
(12,047 posts)just a thought
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Almost nobody wears them.