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Jul-31-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

I an effort to stick to our "no politics" pledge, we'll skip most of the text of the following editorial and excerpt the portion that mentions the Stryker Brigade specifically. Thanks to Margaret for the link.

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By RALPH PETERS

[...] Meanwhile, in the midst of waging the global War on Terror, the Army not only continues to reorganize to meet the demands of the emerging strategic environment — it has increased the pace of innovation.

From a program to almost double the available number of combat brigades without drastically increasing personnel strength, to a restructuring that will make combat formations deadlier, swifter and more self-sustaining, this wartime Army's driving ahead with the most far-reaching reforms in half a century.

Nor did past initiatives fail to pay off. From a renewed concentration on urban-warfare training back in the '90s (a trend pioneered by the Marine Corps, to give credit where it's due), to the controversial struggle to field Stryker brigades — units built around agile, wheeled armored vehicles — the Army got the future amazingly right.

The Stryker...has proven to be our most effective and survivable vehicle in Iraq. Embarrassing its critics, the much-maligned Stryker has done a better job of keeping our soldiers alive than the more heavily armored Abrams tanks or Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.


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