“ABOARD THE U.S.S. WASP — The huge wargame happening off the Atlantic coast this week isn’t just a test of the Navy and Marines’ ability to storm a beach from the sea. It’s the first big test for the Marines’ communications system of the future, one that enables commanders to send text, data, video and voice messages to jarheads ashore from way, way out in the open water. If it doesn’t work, the Navy and Marines might have to rewrite their plans to move their bases out to the sea.(excerpt from WIRED Magazine’s Danger Room)”
