Nordic Geospatial Blog –

UPDATE 20111101
Important #NationalGuard story
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/01/141863597/miss-couple-lament-loss-of-the-american-dream

Staff SGT Stacy Pearsall was DoD Combat Photographer of the Year
http://stacypearsall.photoshelter.com/about/

http://www.defense.gov/home/features/military_photographers/pearsall/

Video – http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/10/photographer-in-ambush-medic-could-not-get-there-fast-enough.html

Ed Darak’s imagery from Iraq and Afganistan
http://www.darack.com/

http://www.corbisimages.com/Search#pg=Ed+Darack&p=4

UPDATE 20110605
US JSOC Leadership & National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/adm-william-mcraven-the-terrorist-hunter-on-whose-shoulders-osama-bin-laden-raid-rested/2011/05/04/AFsEv4rF_story.html

Priceless Daily Show with excellent map at the end of the video -

Only 1.4 KM from a Pakistan Military Academy?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Military_Academy

K9 assets used during raid for UXO and forensic purposes -

Amazing overview by FP
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/04/war_dog

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/15/dogs-war-osama-bin-laden

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3562677/Fearless-four-legged-war-hero.html

Excellent article

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/05/3007126_us-vehicles-destroy-afghan-bombs.html

To understand the complexities of the AfPak region/border and the ISAF efforts therein, these PBS Frontline documentaries are not to be missed -

‘Behind Taliban Lines’ -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/talibanlines/

‘Pakistan: The Lost Generation’ -
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan901/video_index.html

Map – http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/talibanlines/map/

Video

All stories…

http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-quarterly/

…. those with overt applicability to the LE, FOUO, HLS, and DoD domains….

Power from the air? – Re-incarnating Tesla (and no I am not referencing the stellar 80′s band) to change the game for urban C4ISR sensor deployment & obviate the need for plugs, cords, and car chargers for consumers…
http://www.economist.com/node/16295708?story_id=16295708

Old school steam power and autonomous, self fueling biomass robots – military might through mulch?
http://www.economist.com/node/16295752?story_id=16295752

Squishy robots that can meld into tight spots with compeling USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) and public health applications
http://www.economist.com/node/16295646?story_id=16295646

Self healing metal – Beyond the Tin Man from that fateful journey to Oz or simply commuting on the 405, great DoD applicability
http://www.economist.com/node/16295654?story_id=16295654

Loose clicks sink ships (solution, loud music at work is a good thing) – cybersecurity and the use of acoustic typing signatures to remotely hack computers (this could be as disasterously revealing as the un-encripted drone feeds in AfPak, i.e. with line of sight, intruders with a cheap laptop and laser / parabolic microphone could leap firewalls and air-gap systems like Parisienne parcour punks)
http://www.economist.com/node/16295574?story_id=16295574

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/spy-talk/2010/06/white_house_worried_about_qaed.html

Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer (MCIT) Behind the Scenes

http://ict.usc.edu/projects/mobile_counter_ied_interactive_trainer_mcit/

Excellent Post article giving historical perspective on the Iraqi EOD efforts

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/specials/leftofboom/index.html

US House of Representative Committee on Armed Services Report on the Joint IED Defeat Organization, Nov. 2008

http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA490963&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

With an unparalleled depth of domain knowledge, Alexiev positions Marjah and the Flynn expose in a realpolitik understanding of the Afghan human and political terrain…

http://article.nationalreview.com/425761/afghanistan-at-the-crossroads/alex-alexiev

More satellites will also help…

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/asia/24satellites.html

As would more oversight of contractors vis a vis hearts and minds…
http://armed-services.senate.gov/Webcasts/2010/02%20February/02-24-10%20Webcast.htm

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/summary_of_wh_review_12-25-09.pdf

Maybe we should apply some of the advanced analytics used for the DoD efforts to the homefront…

Analytics for the Afghan front of the GWOT