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The United States Army and Navy are going all out for the 126th Army-Navy Game.
Over the past decade, the teams have worn special uniforms for the NCAA football rivalry series, but for this year’s historic occasion, both teams have stepped their game up.
‘We will carry the Army’s Warrior Ethos with us onto the gridiron.’
Last week, the Army unveiled their jerseys for the Dec. 13th game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The focus of the design surrounds “250 Years of Service & Sacrifice.”
Specifically, the Army fell back on its ethos: “I will always place the mission first, I will never accept defeat, I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.”
Furthermore, the team put added emphasis on the U.S. Constitution and the Revolutionary War with “1775” written on the back of their helmets.
“Washington transformed the Continental Army into a disciplined fighting force. Washington and his soldiers boldly regained the initiative by crossing the Delaware River on Christmas in 1776 and seized Trenton and Princeton,” the Army wrote in a press release.
Washington’s men were “drilled and disciplined Soldiers able to hold their own against the British, and even to defeat them to secure American independence.”
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The uniform uses Constitution-style text on the name plate to honor America’s founding documents and to showcase “the importance of having an Army that swears loyalty to a set of ideas rather than a monarch.”
It also features the Great Chain, honoring the strategic value of West Point during the American Revolution, as well as purple streaking through the jersey numbers and the helmet, symbolizing the sacrifices made by soldiers and Gold Star families.
The Army cemented its commitment to the defense of liberty in the design, reinforcing its motto, “This we’ll defend,” while promising victory.
“We will carry the Army’s Warrior Ethos with us onto the gridiron in Baltimore as we defeat our rivals and seize the Commander-in-Chief’s trophy,” the team said.
Navy football also revealed its own iconic uniforms, choosing to focus on the historic copper and the Navy’s longest-serving ship.
The USS Constitution gets special recognition from the Navy this year and was heavily used for the uniform’s design and inspiration. This includes ship knots around the jersey’s sleeves, the American flag, and the nautical Navy and heritage red colors, symbolizing its battle-worn hull.
The USS Constitution is the only remaining frigate from the original six frigates fleet and the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, according to the Navy.
The ship is nicknamed “Old Ironsides” because cannonballs appeared to bounce off its hull during the War of 1812. It remains undefeated in battle and has never lowed its flag.
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As for the copper, the Navy showcases the vital role the metal has played in preserving the original U.S. frigates. Not only does the copper protect the wooden hulls, but it was the material used for the 1797 and 1798 one-cent pieces placed beneath each mast of the USS Constitution for good luck.
The entire helmet is coated in oxidized copper for the 2025 game, along with a detailed sketch of the historic ship. A wooden plank runs down the center of the helmet too, bound by six ropes to honor the original six frigates.
The ropes on the helmet have 126 knots, a reference to the 126th Army-Navy game.
Online, the Army’s reveal of its uniforms garnered much praise, even from its rivals.
“I’m a Navy veteran but I love the jersey numbers,” one X user wrote.
“I hate army but these are clean,” another said.
Over on the Navy’s X page, comments were cordial with fans saying designers “knocked it out of the park” and provided “incredible storytelling in this design.”
According to the game’s official website, the 2024 Army-Navy Game drew an average of 9.4 million viewers on CBS, eclipsing the record of 8.45 million set in 1992.
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Anduril’s new Army helmets have ‘X-ray’ vision — how is that possible?
The incoming equipment for U.S. military members is so advanced that it not only looks like a video game but seems like the user is cheating.
The standard helmet for the Army has remained largely the same in the last few decades, save for key updates in blunt force protection. While there may have been additions that allow for microphones and night-vision attachments, nothing has even come close to what is on the horizon.
‘Think of it almost like a hive mind.’
Leaning more toward what a fighter pilot’s helmet is capable of, the new Eagle Eye warfighter helmet from Anduril Industries uses technology that is pretty hard to explain.
The company recently released a stunning display that looks like the first-person view of a video game. Providing a directional map in the bottom corner of the soldier’s view, the optics are immediately recognizable to anyone who has played a video game of that genre; a young man in the Army probably has.
A heads-up display reveals nearby enemies with a red blip, and the soldier digitally selects a tactical strike with a drone on an encroaching vehicle in seconds, all while chatting with other soldiers on his team.
The new helmets make this possible by using a “hive mind” technology that connects soldiers on the battlefield with drones, cameras, surveillance, and their squad mates on the ground; the results are fairly shocking.
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“The ability to have night vision, thermal vision, but also the ability to see where all the bad guys are, see where all the good guys are by fusing everyone’s view together. Think of it almost like a hive mind,” inventor Palmer Luckey recently told Joe Rogan.
“If I’m able to see something, you should be able to see it. If a drone can see it, you should be able to see it. Even if it’s on the other side of a building, you should be able to see it and effectively have X-ray vision. And I should be able to command and control all these other systems using this heads-up display interface,” Luckey continued.
Using “intelligence sensors,” the Eagle Eye helmets can detect cellphone signals, radio signals, and even where gunshots were fired, revealing their distance from the soldier.
The Anduril CEO showed Rogan that with a pair of connected augmented reality glasses, the soldier can see all the data being captured by the helmet and show it in real time to the user. This, in conjunction with any drones, cameras, or other soldiers wearing the tech, combine to form a network of data that Anduril says gives America the advantage in an “unfair fight.”
What this results in is the soldier being able to see everything at once, effectively seeing through walls or over hills; if anyone or anything on his team can see it, so can the individual.
Luckey showed off a sample video where a soldier could use the X-ray vision to track his allies through a sea can while engaging enemies, displaying them as skeletal-like figures. Once the allies saw the enemy, the user could see them through a wall too.
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Additionally, the helmets not only have thermal sensors, night-vision censors, and hearing protection, they also have sound amplification. Tactical technology allows the wearer to hone in on sounds coming from a certain direction, while canceling out noise from other directions to better focus on the target.
Anduril boasts that it used no taxpayer dollars to create Eagle Eye and is certainly pushing advanced military technology in the right direction.
The advancements come at the same time the company has revealed its anti-drone technology, in the form of a mobile kit for soldiers on the ground. Drone strikes have become an often-used instant-casualty tactic in the Russia-Ukraine war and are a constant threat for those operating without cover.
These products show that Luckey has put a very real focus on protecting the individual American fighter in attempt to prevent loss of life.
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