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careers: PROTECTING OUR TROOPS
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tak a lo k e n l s at t es i s.
amaz ngly inno ative init atives.
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to look over the horizon
t t bring. There is an inflection point
now with the coming biotechnology
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f form all facets of life.” So says Peter
Emanuel, one of the Army’s leading
biotechnology visionaries, under-
scoring how advantages in technol-
y u y capabilities. America has long led
ti nologies. But our historical leader-
ship in this area does not guarantee
me n In the fall of 2022, the White
y n a “ ogy
n n as any of the other career paths you
have read about — biotechnology in
the service of national defense will
be offering only more opportunities
rv ing through science and technology.
The incredible advances enabled
by biotechnology make projects un-
der way at the Department of Defense
seem like glimpses into the far future.
But these are real-world efforts, with
prospects for success that would rev-
olutionize our military capabilities.
DETECT AND PROTECT:
ing rea military assets.
ts land and underwater, and even in-
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sec distributed sensors making up vast,
interconnected, self-perpetuating sur-
veillance networks. These biological
“assets” would monitor the environ-
or weapons, novel viruses and harmful
bacteria, or threats in the ocean rang-
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