The ROVER

摘要

As a B-1B headed in to drop ordnance on a target in Afghanistan in early May, MSgt. Randall Hunt, a joint terminal attack controller, knew something wasn't right. Hunt was listening as another JTAC received a grid coordinate from the B-1B crew. The other JTAC read out the number over the radio during the nine-line briefing for close air support. But the grid was wrong, Hunt quickly realized. How? "I was looking at the sensor feed from the B-1 and compared what 1 heard in my ear to what 1 was seeing in the ROVER monocle." he said. As it turned out, the Other JTAC had accidentally "passed a grid that was 600 meters off." Hunt explained. Worse, Hunt and his fellow JTAC were only 100 yards away from the grid that was going to get bombed. With the ROVER. Hunt instantly helped the second JTAC check for the correct grid. A potential disaster was averted.