The vehicle was named in honor of two Medal of Honor recipients: Pfc. Stuart S. Stryker, who served in World War II, and Spc. Robert F. Stryker, who served in Vietnam.
Posted on 08/23/2002 6:18:56 AM PDT by TADSLOS
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Weapon: In the Mojave Desert, troops test computers, unmanned drones and other equipment that could transform warfare.
FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- It was not long ago that Army Col. Abe Turner would look to a rumpled paper map and a hand-held FM radio to get a fix on an enemy's location.
Now he looks to his laptop computer, where the enemy glides across the screen, red icons on a glowing green relief map, updated every few minutes.
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The vehicle was named in honor of two Medal of Honor recipients: Pfc. Stuart S. Stryker, who served in World War II, and Spc. Robert F. Stryker, who served in Vietnam.
I thought I told you I don't want my windshield washed!
Because I'm especially Early Bird lazy on a Friday morning ;~)
Thanks for correcting the link.
Does our military use Panasonic Toughbook field PC's?
Yep. I develop stuff for the military, and there's one of their Toughbooks sitting on the desk next to me right now. The Special Forces folks like them.
I am reassured by the fact that our military is making use of such a great commercial off the shelf product.
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