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ARMY ANNOUNCES RECONFIGURATION OF FOURTH STRYKER BRIGADE
US Army News Release ^
| May 14, 2004
Posted on 05/14/2004 1:18:48 PM PDT by Cannoneer No. 4
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To: verity
21
posted on
05/14/2004 4:43:29 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: verity
22
posted on
05/14/2004 4:47:18 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: AIBC
23
posted on
05/14/2004 4:48:31 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I've been meaning to ask: What is a "nod(s)"?
24
posted on
05/14/2004 4:52:09 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I may be naive, but all I think about is logistics. Just build the damn things, train someone to use them effectively, and get them over there. I don't care what they prefer to call themselves. They will adapt, and get most of their training OJT...just like always.
To: verity
26
posted on
05/14/2004 5:04:50 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: verity
U.S. special forces troops ride horseback as they work with members of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom on Nov. 12, 2001
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posted on
05/14/2004 5:11:12 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: OKSooner
28
posted on
05/14/2004 5:26:15 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: NeonKnight
all I think about is logisticsSpoken like a true bean counter. What about women and beer?
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posted on
05/14/2004 5:34:20 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Is a man a man without women and beer?
To: NeonKnight
Yes.
Just horny and thirsty.
Our troops in Iraq need a real R&R Center.
Send the Loveboat to Basra
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posted on
05/14/2004 6:33:52 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
This is severely < messed > up. 168 years of glory pissed away. You can dismount cavalry, but you can't make them infantry-centric.The cavalry's "glory days" lasted less than 100 years, tops (1830s/Westward Expansion - 1920/WWI). After that it was, "the horse they never rode, the line they never crossed". Giving armored, airmobile and attack helicopter formations "honorific" unit designations, and calling them "CAV" doesn't make them cavalry. The very word "cavalry" comes from the Latin for "horse". Absent horses, there is no "cavalry", except in the minds of some equestrian Luddites.
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Thanks for the link in comment# 26, quite an interesting read.
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posted on
05/14/2004 6:50:56 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: pawdoggie
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posted on
05/14/2004 7:14:27 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I believe we tried those and found them wanting.
Against heavy armor formations or low intensity conflicts?
35
posted on
05/14/2004 7:15:16 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.)
To: VeniVidiVici
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:00:52 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: VeniVidiVici
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:06:42 PM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
From a command and control standpoint I could see how the powers that be wouldn't want hundreds of these things roaming the battlefield.
But think of the possibilities. Speed, mobility, stealth, surprise ... in a platform that can be tailored for the mission. Cheap too!
I'd take one of these over a Hummer or a 151 anyday.
Thanks for the "zoom zoom" link. Interesting how they pulled some the FAVs out of mothballs after Sept.11 and refurbed them.
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posted on
05/14/2004 8:48:20 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Thanks - I knew that based on the movement of the same RCC I see in Dallas (but again - my small church - strictly bible based - is 60% ex-Catholic)
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posted on
05/15/2004 12:17:51 AM PDT
by
txzman
(Jer 23:29)
To: neverdem
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posted on
05/15/2004 2:10:03 AM PDT
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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