U.S. Army Reserve

This is a brand new app, there will be crashes and glitches to come but this enables line leaders to engage their soldiers remotely, and conveniently in a way that has been eclipsed by civilian communication methods. So much reserve soldier management has spilled over into using public solutions which are more convenient than enterprise email, and social media left a gaping and vulnerable hole to be filled. This is the first step in filling that hole by giving young tech savvy soldiers a convenient way to find information and be engaged by their junior line leaders. I don’t know about anyone else but this is a huge plus for my Company element.

I’m happy about the initiative and the creation of this app. It’s still a little buggy. It won’t let you upload a profile pic. The tabs at the bottom for switching to channel etc get misaligned and covered by the page of the tab that you’re in. Over-all, it’s better than nothing. Glad USAR is moving forward into the technical age and finally trying to keep up with soldiers via the one device they always have on them.

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Seems like a good idea, but like most good ideas, the Army tried to fix it until it broke. In this particular case, the app wouldn’t let me enter any type of email but my military email. A sound idea to be sure, but then the app failed to send an activation email which compelled me to have the app resend until it magically did. Of course the plot thickened when I opened the confirmation email in my military email to find a confirmation link in which “this link has been disabled to protect your security”. Once again the Army shoots itself in the foot with a new bit of software that is specific to a select few (AGR) and useless to others (TPU)

Recommend adding a function to grade the ACFT in addition to the APFT. Also, more importantly, I would add another star to my review if the app would actually notify me when someone comments in one of my channels. If notifications actually worked it would be a great resource to communicate with the unit. I’ve enabled notifications in my phone settings but it still doesn’t work.

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This version of the app leaves much to be desired. Typing into the app causes problems with a teleporting cursor and inability to delete words or edit in the middle of a sentence. Also frequently unable to hide keyboard to press buttons on the bottom of the screen. The fitness tracker is terribly inaccurate in terms of distance and speed. I ran a one mile test using the double eagle app and Apple Watch on a known good 1-mile track used for APFT. At the end of the test the Apple Watch was right on point, but the double eagle app said I was only halfway there despite accurately showing the run route on the map.