[Redleg Duke]

Finally, someone addresses the issue with knowledge and not an agenda.

The Stryker is not an "Infantry Fighting Vehicle", it is an "Armored Infantry Carrier". There is one hell of a lot of difference there!

As for Shinseki, I think he was and is a duffus. He pissed away a lot of important capital with his black beret shit. Army Transition is important and must occur, but being a Clinton Puke, he put style over substance and undermined himself and Army Transformation.

Before passing judgement on the Stryker, remember what it's purpose really is! Yeah, it is too heavy, but then, we are trying to pack a leg squad into a single vehicle. Maybe we need to take a hint from the Marines and pare down our mech squads to fit the vehicle, rather than increase the size of the vehicle to fit our traditional squads.

Laws of Physics, ya know!

[First_Salute]

A Hummer is an SUV-Lite, while a Stryker is an SUV-Heavy that fails to satisfy existing airlift capacity --- it is not a good substitute for failing to quadruple C-17 production.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Is the Motorized Infantryman a Stryker crewman, or a passenger? Is the Stryker a new Infantry Fighting Vehicle or a battle taxi? Are those guys going to live in that pig and dismount only when forced to or are they just going to ride in it until they get wherever they are going and go break things and kill people afoot?