Smart Command and Control Services to the Modern Soldier in Peace Keeping Operations

The story is about the military using advanced mobile services to do their soldiering work more efficiently.

A patrol is preparing for reconnaissance task. Every member has a smartphone and a satellite terminal. In the briefing, the task is explained on a large screen, and members are making notes simultaneously on their battle management system. Critical points are explained with videos which are pushed to soldier’s phones. Radio call groups in the area of operation are configured in the phones. Orders and statistics of recent incidents are shared as office files.

On route, the team is navigating by the guidance of their battle management system. It indicates critical points of previous incidents, presents pictures of static structures and provides the names and faces of the local population as the team passes their houses. A drone has passed some of the target areas, and the team is downloading the surveillance videos on demand.  

The team is recording events on the route with their phones and uploading them gradually to the video bank. Operation Centre finds some odd patterns from their videos and contacts the team via video teleconference. The conference is also extended to the local chief of police. After a more detailed analysis of video footage, it is decided that the pattern is typical, and the team may continue their mission.

The team visits a local construction plant since its mission is also to supervise the rebuilding of a village school. The blueprints and project plans are reviewed with the foreman of works. It appears that the foundation needs more cement than intended and additional sacks are ordered right away.

Suddenly a radio call sounded by phone loudspeaker demands the team's focus. The nearby patrol has been fired at, and requests support from operation centre. The team figures the situation from their battle management application and replies on-call group that they can flank the firing position within 10 minutes. Operation centre approves this and team moves to engage. They see the location of the patrol under fire and the point that fire is coming on the screen of their battle management system. On the move, the team receives the blueprints of the village, and the house targeted. They draft a plan of double flanking the target and dismount to the alleys of the village. The position of dismounted team members is automatically shared with all in the area of interest.

A single insurgent is captured when leaving the target building. His picture and fingerprints are taken on the spot and reviewed to the knowledge bank. It appears that this insurgent is known to police and team sends him to the local police station. Evidence from the house is collected and recorded with teams smartphones.

After the patrol, the mission team is debriefing the operation centre using a simulated run of their recorded data in the battle management system. They are focusing only on essential points since all recorded material is stored in an operational database for further use.

Back in barracks, the team members relax and contact their families and friends through social media and Skype. All connections are secured so the insurgents cannot intercept them and gain any knowledge of the social relationships of the team members for blackmailing purposes.