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Tactical Chat: How the U.S. Military Uses IRC to Wage War
Posted on 3/26/25 at 11:49 am
Posted on 3/26/25 at 11:49 am
I used mirc chat over a few countries in my past, hope nobody finds out!
Despite the U.S. military’s massive spending each year on advanced communications technology, the use of simple text chat or tactical chat has outpaced other systems to become one of the most popular paths for communicating practical information on the battlefield. Though the use of text chat by the U.S. military first began in the early 1990s, in recent years tactical chat has evolved into a “primary ‘comms’ path, having supplanted voice communications as the primary means of common operational picture (COP) updating in support of situational awareness.”
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Despite the U.S. military’s massive spending each year on advanced communications technology, the use of simple text chat or tactical chat has outpaced other systems to become one of the most popular paths for communicating practical information on the battlefield. Though the use of text chat by the U.S. military first began in the early 1990s, in recent years tactical chat has evolved into a “primary ‘comms’ path, having supplanted voice communications as the primary means of common operational picture (COP) updating in support of situational awareness.”
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Posted on 3/26/25 at 11:50 am to Jbird
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mirc chat
Posted on 3/26/25 at 11:51 am to lsuguy84
Yup never felt good about a shitty cell phone while flying missions.
This post was edited on 3/26/25 at 11:53 am
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:02 pm to lsuguy84
Odd all the howler monkeys don't seem to gaf about mirc chat, 
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:03 pm to Jbird
Of course they don’t. They haven’t been told to.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:03 pm to Jbird
I can tell you guys I know in units with almost no names use Signal a lot.
These are the bearded boogeymen who found Delta a little boring and moved onto other, more special units. Ones that leave regular SF units asking who the frick are those guys.
These are the bearded boogeymen who found Delta a little boring and moved onto other, more special units. Ones that leave regular SF units asking who the frick are those guys.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:04 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
Plenty of battlefield chat capabilities still in use.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:05 pm to Jbird
Doesn’t it make sense that sometimes information is intentionally leaked? We didn’t all the time in WW II to see how the enemy would react.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:21 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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I can tell you guys I know in units with almost no names use Signal a lot.
These are the bearded boogeymen who found Delta a little boring and moved onto other, more special units. Ones that leave regular SF units asking who the frick are those guys.
Wow, you are, like, so, like, cool, man.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:22 pm to Jbird
Awful lot of essential systems still running Win 95.
What a throwback
What a throwback
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:23 pm to blue_morrison
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Awful lot of essential systems still running Win 95.
Crazy isn't it?Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:24 pm to blue_morrison
quote:A toughbook, a shitty cell phone, some crap software, get to 30000 feet and chat away lol.
What a throwback
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:24 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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These are the bearded boogeymen who found Delta a little boring and moved onto other, more special units. Ones that leave regular SF units asking who the frick are those guys.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:45 pm to Jbird
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I used mirc chat over a few countries in my past, hope nobody finds out!
Despite the U.S. military’s massive spending each year on advanced communications technology, the use of simple text chat or tactical chat has outpaced other systems to become one of the most popular paths for communicating practical information on the battlefield. Though the use of text chat by the U.S. military first began in the early 1990s, in recent years tactical chat has evolved into a “primary ‘comms’ path, having supplanted voice communications as the primary means of common operational picture (COP) updating in support of situational awareness
Someone correct me if this is wrong - The manuals will tell you that if you are on mIRC or anything like that, on NIPR, it's not secure. In theater, we have NIPR but we're not putting operational mIRC on anything below SIPR, iirc. So, I don't think we can compare Signal to mIRC, especially in this case where Goldberg was receiving notifications. I would guess he's not hooked up to Signal on SIPR. So, I don't think we can compare this situation on Signal to what's done in theater.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 12:57 pm to POTUS2024
Yeah fair enough, but a junk fricking cell phone on combat missions never gave me warm fuzzys.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:04 pm to Jbird
I work in the Defense Industry and almost all of my comms with USSOCOM folks take place on Signal. They are confident in it being secure.
That being said, I had drinks with a NSA guy and his statement was: "If it's transmitted and we want to read it... well... we probably can." I took that to mean they can.
That being said, I had drinks with a NSA guy and his statement was: "If it's transmitted and we want to read it... well... we probably can." I took that to mean they can.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:05 pm to jbgleason
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I took that to mean they can.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 1:06 pm to POTUS2024
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Someone correct me if this is wrong - The manuals will tell you that if you are on mIRC or anything like that, on NIPR, it's not secure. In theater, we have NIPR but we're not putting operational mIRC on anything below SIPR, iirc. So, I don't think we can compare Signal to mIRC, especially in this case where Goldberg was receiving notifications. I would guess he's not hooked up to Signal on SIPR. So, I don't think we can compare this situation on Signal to what's done in theater.
You are correct.
The admin should've just come out and owned it, then said they were getting rid of this Biden-era policy. Done and move on.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 3:01 pm to POTUS2024
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Wow, you are, like, so, like, cool, man.
No. No I am not. The dudes I’m privileged to hang out with some are. The dudes my son works with are. Hell, even my son is to some extent.
Me? I’m just an old fart who cooks for them on occasion.
Posted on 3/26/25 at 3:07 pm to Jbird
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I used mirc chat over a few countries in my past, hope nobody finds out!
Despite the U.S. military’s massive spending each year on advanced communications technology, the use of simple text chat or tactical chat has outpaced other systems to become one of the most popular paths for communicating practical information on the battlefield. Though the use of text chat by the U.S. military first began in the early 1990s, in recent years tactical chat has evolved into a “primary ‘comms’ path, having supplanted voice communications as the primary means of common operational picture (COP) updating in support of situational awareness.”
Only problem is that these folks weren't on the battlefield. They were in a position to communicate from a SCIF and chose to converse about highly sensitive information via a non-secure text group, one of whom was in Moscow at the time. There is a marked difference I'd think. A regular Joe would have been run out of the military on a rope if he'd been caught doing this.
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