<![CDATA[io9: Us Army]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Us Army]]> http://io9.com/tag/us army http://io9.com/tag/us army <![CDATA[Iron Man Is Being Created Right Now Across America]]> If your second thought while watching Iron Man (after "I think I have a crush on Robert Downey Jr. again") was "Why can't they make an Iron Man suit in real life?" then the US army and scientists in Madison, Wisconsin, are planning on making you very, very happy indeed. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=391071&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[US Army Sargeant Volunteers Unit to be First Colonial Marines]]> Being a member of the US military in Afghanistan takes it's toll after a few years. So last week, Sergeant First Class William Ruth of the Army's 101st Airborne Division proposed an alternative mission for his soldiers: let them be the first humans to colonize another planet. In his letter (below) to an editor at LiveScience, Ruth says his unit's role as advanced scouts and reconnaissance soldiers makes them ideally suited to the rough, lonely life in the cold, barren wastes that await them on Mars, the Moon, or elsewhere. More »
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