U.S. Army scientists have created a new smartphone app to help soldiers navigate their driving under the influence (DUI) charges.
The “FirstStrike” app, not to be confused with the service’s well-known energy bars, was designed to help combat DUIs and those soldiers with substance abuse problems, “especially our junior enlisted,” Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Nathan Roundhead tells Duffel Blog.
“We wanted to directly combat DUIs and the overall substance abuse problem we’ve seen and flat out ignored, specifically with our younger soldiers,” Roundhead added. “What better way to do so than with a smartphone app?”
After a user enters a few details about themselves such as name and rank, the app uses the phone's GPS to automatically email blast every command sergeant major in a 10-mile radius to tell them about their latest "problem child."
