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Stryker Vehicle Use Expanding

Jan-23-2009 » Filed Under: Stryker Vehicle

According to an article in the Ledger-Inquirer, a Ft. Benning unit will be the first non-Stryker unit to deploy with a small fleet of the Stryker vehicle it will use for MedEvac purposes.

Fort Benning’s 3rd Brigade is the Army’s first heavy combat team to employ the Stryker Medical Evacuation Vehicle.

The Army’s first armored vehicle since the Bradley came aboard in the 1980s, the Stryker, which is named for two Medal of Honor recipients, may also be its most versatile combat machine.

Its chassis’ modular design supports a wide range of variants, prime of which is the Infantry Carrier Vehicle. While it can be configured to serve at least eight purposes, from fire support to mortar carrier, the version the 3rd Brigade is receiving is the armored ambulance.

“We’ll begin about two to two and a half months of training with four of the brigade’s battalions,” said Faatau Togia, the supervisor for Operational New Equipment Training, the group which will train personnel from the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Battalion; the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment; the 203rd Brigade Support Battalion; and the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment.

(via FOB Tacoma)


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