[servantoftheservant]

Shinseki has never been stuck up to his axles in Fort Drum sand while tankers, Bradley crews, and Paladins drive on by with a smile, wave, finger pointing, and outright laughter.

The Stryker is unstable on cross country moves, it will flip like an MF if it hits rolling lumpy ground.

LOL...sad, but funny.

[Darksheare]

My artillery unit getting stuck in the Fort Drum sand was pretty funny.
And then all the treadhead drive by and point & laugh.
My unit was light towed artillery, so we used Humvees as the prime movers.
The worst part of getting stuck like that was this, not a single Abrams, Bradley, OR Paladin driver offered to pull us out.
One would think that a fellow artillery unit would assist.. *chuckle*
Logpack pulled up and hauled us out..
How embarassing.

[meenie]

The army has two missions that are entirely different from each other. The mission involving the war on terror has the requirements of a large force of ground troops which we no longer have. With the backdrop of N Korea, China , etc. which could be our next opponents, the requirements for heavy armor, high-tech weapons and massive killing power is required.

Trying to prepare for both contingencies has the only common denominator of additional ground troops and light infantry. This is where we have been weakened at the expense of new high-tech developement. When we can't control the ground in Iraq, how are we going to do with a major enemy force? The advantage of the Stryker being able to outrun the enemy is probably the least reason to buy the system.