SC Smart Start: Your Free Transition Assistant
Getting out of the military is hard enough without navigating benefits alone. SC Smart Start, built by the South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs, is a completely free virtual transition assistant connecting service members, veterans, and their families with trusted resources for housing, education, job training, child care, and more.
See what South Carolina, the best state for veterans, has to offer: https://scdvasmartstart.sc.gov/
—
The US military has been pushing hard on laser technology in the last few years, so where do we currently stand?
Jared Keller of Laser War sat down with us to discuss laser weapons like the AMP-HEL, drone defense, naval dazzlers, weather and targeting limitations, and the significant challenges of building weapons that troops in the field can actually use and repair.
Read Jared’s reporting at https://laserwars.net.
00:00 – Intro
00:53 – Ad
02:34 – Who is Jared Keller
03:30 – 10,000 foot view of US lasers weapons
07:06 – What laser weapons we actually have
15:13 – Laser weapon misconceptions
18:19 – What other countries aren’t pursuing lasers
19:43 – What we’ve actually accomplished
24:13 – The biggest risk to laser weapons
28:15 – Outro and channel updates
Recorded on: October 7, 2026
Edited by: Kyle Gunn
Task & Purpose is a military news and culture-oriented channel. We want to foster discussion about the defense industry.
Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/73eTfddFMy
Merchandise: https://store.taskandpurpose.com
Like this video? You’ll love https://taskandpurpose.com/
Sign up for the T&P newsletter: https://taskandpurpose.com/email-signup/
And you can follow us on social, too:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taskandpurpose/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taskandpurpose
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@taskandpurpose
