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Sega Genesis
The Sega Genesis was my first console system. I can remember playing this thing until 2 or 3 in the morning, even as seven year old. It really introduced me to "technology". I became the kid who could help other kids get their cartridges to work or get their Sega hooked up to their TV. Keep in mind, this is when some TV's didn't have the red, white, and yellow AV jacks. I had to actually screw them into ring terminals on the back of the TV. -
Nokia 5160
The day I turned 18 I went and bought a cell phone. They ran a credit check and for some strange reason, I had amazing credit! Not sure how that was possible at the time. But that's not why this is important. Having my own cell phone broke me from the tyranny of being connected to my father's cell phone bill. I was rather bad about texting too much, and this was a time when texts actually had a per text cost associated with them. -
Boeing AH-64 Apache
When I joined the Army, I got to play with the AH-64D "Longbow" Helicopter. Pretty neat stuff for a 19 year old. It's 80's technology that never really saw use until we first invaded Iraq. It was created during the cold ward to hunt Soviet tanks and destroy them with a quickness. It's by far the most advanced piece of rotary wing technology our planet has to offer. I can't go into much detail on it, but I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end, having seen first hand what it's capable of. -
Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC)
Not sure if this is classified as a singular piece of technology, because it's really more of a bunch of technologies rolled together, so they work together. In short, JTAC's allow ground forces to communicate with things like planes and drones. When I need to blow "that" up "over there" and need to talk to a plane, I need a JTAC. He functions as the eyes of the aircraft, so I can drop large bombs on the enemy. Really cool stuff that got me out of some sticky situations. -
Digital Multi-Purpose Range Complex
Imagine you want to train Soldiers in the most complex and realistic way possible, without actually endangering them at the same time. You need a digital multi-purpose range complex. I got my start in the "coding" world writing the scenarios that made these things possible. Make targets pop up, fire off pyrotechnics, send radio messages, move tanks, etc. The DMPRC makes it all possible in the digital realm. -
