Since 2014, Gidget Fuentes has been working and writing as a freelancer, based in southern California and close to some of the military’s biggest bases and largest training facilities. Her work has appeared in U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) News online, SEAPOWER Magazine, Marine Corps Times/Military Times newspapers, and the San Diego Union-Tribune . Recent work includes a July 4th weekend special pullout section published this year titled, “Eternal Valor.” In the section, she profiled some of our nation’s military heroes who gave their lives in service to the country and were awarded the coveted Medal of Honor after their deaths, but their memories and sacrifice remain today.
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“Marine Corps, Navy Explore New Tech to Shape, Secure the Beach”
Posted: May 3, 2017
Marine Corps, Navy Explore New Tech to Shape, Secure the Beach
By Gidget Fuentes, Special Correspondent
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — As the rapid speed of technological advances threatens to erode U.S. military supremacy, sea service officials came here last week and pressed the case for industry and government to come together and turn high-tech ideas into reality for warfighters.
A technology demonstration at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base showed off some futuristic applications including drones, robots, mobile networks, autonomous systems, unmanned underwater craft and unmanned boats that can swarm, collect information and provide indirect fire support to the landing force. The “Ship-to-Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation Advanced Naval Technological Exercise 2017,” or S2ME2 ANTX, was held April 19-28.
Senior leaders said there’s no time to waste in the fast-growing, high-tech nature of warfare, largely tied to cyber capabilities. Potential adversaries such as Russia, North Korea or China as well as Islamic State are becoming just as technologically advanced and sophisticated as the U.S. military, and other opponents already can get hands on armed drones and electronic jammers that can threaten troops and mission, officials say.
“We are behind the curve when it comes to staying ahead of today’s threats,” Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, deputy commandant for combat development and integration and head of Marine Corps Combat Development Command at Quantico, Va., told journalists at the April 26 media day.
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