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  • 5 trillion dollars down the drain…

    07/01/2021 1:01:29 PM PDT · by Enterprise · 78 replies
    https://citizenfreepress.com ^ | July 1, 2021 | Posted by Kane
    Taliban seizes 700 US Army vehicles...
  • Homeland Security and Military Vehicles – Pictures I Captured while in Kentucky

    07/29/2012 2:13:03 PM PDT · by Nachum · 65 replies
    chrisinmaryville.net ^ | 7/29/12 | Sherrie Questioning All
    I was in Kentucky this last week. While driving up there I came across at least 10 different trucks hauling military vehicles going North. I even came across them in the small town of Winchester Kentucky, which is where I took the first picture of a Homeland Security armored vehicle. A friend who was driving up the other way through Bowling Green on Interstate 65 to Louisville said he saw about 20 trucks with military vehicles that same day going North too. I was going up Interstate 75 to Lexington Kentucky. I then went on a small road to Winchester...
  • Flagstaff man restores old military vehicles

    08/22/2010 8:27:06 AM PDT · by SandRat · 19 replies
    A Flagstaff man has history in his warehouse. He's made a hobby of restoring military vehicles for 25 years. In one corner of Bill Buehler's warehouse is a 1942 Stuart Light Tank M3, once a reliable servant during landings with U.S. Marines and mobile and fast for fighting in the deserts of North Africa and the jungles of the South Pacific. Nearby is a Sexton tank, built by Canada for the British Army, and an Allis-Chalmers Sherman tank, both from World War II. Buehler also has a Humvee from the first Gulf War. "I buy and sell them," he said....
  • Museum of the Soldier Hosts Military Vehicle Rally

    10/17/2006 6:38:12 AM PDT · by milbuf · 2 replies · 263+ views
    Museum News Release | 17 October 2006 | James B Waechter
    The Museum of the Soldier in Portland Indiana will host a military vehicle rally and show on Saturday,21 October from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM. This is open to anyone who wants to exhibit their military vehicle. Vehciles scheduled to be on display range from WWII thru the present. The display and museum are open to the public and admission is free. The Museum is located at 510 East Arch Street in Portland Indiana and is accessable by Highways US 27,26 and 67.The Museum of the Soldier is a Veteran's history Museum that highlights the veteran's service and sacrifice through...
  • FReeper Canteen~Military Vehicles~Stryker Armored Vehicle~March 9, 2006

    03/08/2006 5:59:48 PM PST · by AZamericonnie · 592 replies · 3,702+ views
    Various Internet Sites
    MILITARY VEHICLES The story of the Stryker Armored Vehicle The Stryker is a family of eight wheeled, all wheel drive, armored combat vehicles produced by General Dynamics Land Systems and is in current use by the US Army. It is the first military vehicle to enter service in the US military since the M2 Bradley in the 1980s. The Stryker is based on the Canadian LAV III light-armoured vehicle, which in turn is based on the Mowag Piranha. Stryker is named in honor of two American servicemen: Spc. Robert F. Stryker, who received the Medal of Honor for his...
  • A Soapbox Derby for the War-Games Set

    03/13/2004 10:50:58 PM PST · by neverdem · 67 replies · 3,261+ views
    NY Times ^ | March 14, 2004 | JOHN MARKOFFand JOHN M. BRODER
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"/> March 14, 2004 A Soapbox Derby for the War-Games SetBy JOHN MARKOFFand JOHN M. BRODER ARSTOW, Calif., March 13 — Fifteen robot vehicles took off across the Mojave Desert starting at dawn on Saturday, dodging boulders and 15-pound tortoises in search of a place in scientific history and $1 million in Pentagon cash. In the end there was no winner and none of the machines came close to completing the 142-mile race, over some of the most forbidding terrain on the planet. However, the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon skunk-works research...