Apple products are slowly sneaking into the army, the iPad for instance just got an awesome US Army app developed by Textron System which reminds us of strategy games we used to play when we were kids. Ring any bells?

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The app is simple but trust us, it’s gonna save tons of lives when commissioned and put to good use. The app gives you a bird’s eye view of the location where you at and on that map it will show you where the friendlies are and where the “bad guys” are. The two major elements of this app is the built-in GPS of the iPad and a cloud based network called SoldierEye, combine these two together and you get an app filled with kick ass functionality, or a real time game of Red Alert, you will know where your team members are and never lose track of anyone with this app! And no you can’t download the app from the App Store ever because it’s meant for the military only, but we’re sure every gamer reading this must be drooling right now. [via MacStories]