[talosiv]

Any of you guys ever play "Starship Troopeers" From Avalon Hill. (The original, not the movie tie in)?

OMG ! I loved both the book and that game ! I might still have that game in a box in the basement somewhere.

The movie was HORRENDOUS. It should have been called "Starship Troopers 90210". None of the powerful ideas of the book (service and sacrifice) came through. I think it was directed by that German lib idiot that Hollywood loves.

Believe it or not, that book probably had a large influence on my life when I read it as a teenager. It's ideals of public service, sacrifice, and the idea that there are some things worth fighting for resonate with me to this day (a former Army offier, I turned down lucrative private sector job offers to stay a civil servant).

BTW, one of my collegues works on the Army's "Land warrior" program - the first effort to bring high-tech capabilities to the individual infantry soldier. I gave him my copy of the book - the same one I read whan I was 14 years old. It is now mandatory reading at his office. While "Powered armor" and "Y-launchers" are still far off, we at least have a target to shoot for.

-R

[TMSuchman]

The book is required reading for all Marines,by the order of Commandant. [ranks E1-E5,Pvt through Sgt.]

[FreedomPoster]

Excellent work on that. Kudos.

[Salgak]

I work on another Army program, one that could lead to the in-helmet displays from the Mobile Infantry. And John Ringo has updated the Mobile Infantry idea with his "Armored Combat Suits" in his "Legacy of the Aldenata" books. . . the first one is online and free to read at the Baen Free Library, "A Hymn Before Battle"