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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by abejfehr on Thursday July 09, 2026 @10:13AM (#48846243)
They might be referring to the e-Points system, where hitting targets awards points and you can trade the points in for drones, etc
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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by zhengyi13 on Thursday July 09, 2026 @12:56PM (#48848954)
They literally gamified it? Amazing.
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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by esseph on Thursday July 09, 2026 @01:13PM (#48849201)
From what I remember:

Equipment was worth more than a capture.

Capture was worth more than a kill (get Intel, trade for Ukranian captives).

Kill was xyz points.

The more points, the more weapons, equipment, and support you got.

This was several years ago, I'm not sure its still in play.

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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by elictronic on Thursday July 09, 2026 @01:31PM (#48849541)
It is. Article from last month.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-e-points-system-stee...

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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by fragmede on Thursday July 09, 2026 @07:51PM (#48854050)
That's fascinating, thank you for sharing. A market economy lets individual optimize from the bottom up.
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Re:The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break i... by holoduke on Thursday July 09, 2026 @06:09PM (#48853022)
People talk like Ukraine is the first one doing this. Already in WW2 pilots had similar gamification where proof had to be filmed or with minimum witnesses. It probably goed back even further.
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