[A Simple Soldier]

The USS Cole was hardly made of steel in the way this article claims. We do not armor up our surface ships akin to the way our battleships were armored in years past for a variety of good reasons, except when the hull comes into contact with a focused chemical or kinetic energy event. Then all those good reasons don't seem so good anymore.

The Abrams tank weighs about 70 tons. The Bradley weighs in at 35 tons.

The SBCT is probably going through some desert acclimation both for men and material as part of their RSOI and will move north to replace the "Soup De Jour" cavalry regiment next year, which is now only 32 days away.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

If it takes 6 weeks between the time an SBCT arrives in theater and the time it is ready to go to war, what was the use of ever worrying about C-130 transportability? In 6 weeks you can move the heaviest brigade in the Army anywhere in the world.