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Rocket interrupts Stryker’s peaceful holiday patrol
Army Times ^
| December 26, 2003
| Matthew Cox
Posted on 12/26/2003 1:28:20 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4
Edited on 05/07/2004 10:06:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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SAMARRA, Iraq
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; US: Illinois; US: Mississippi; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 3rdbde2id; american; arrowheadbde; centcom; champions; cjtf7; coalition; freedom; gnfi; goodguys; iraq; military; peacemakers; samarra; sbct; stryker; stynker; terrorism; wheeledarmor; wheelies
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; af_vet_rr; ALOHA RONNIE; American in Israel; American Soldier; archy; ...
ping
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posted on
12/26/2003 1:29:53 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Old soldiers never die. They just go to the Class VI Store parking lot and regroup.)
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posted on
12/26/2003 1:32:53 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Old soldiers never die. They just go to the Class VI Store parking lot and regroup.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
Lucky for them the other guys can't aim.
Great to hear they weren't hurt, that's what counts.
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posted on
12/26/2003 1:34:23 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Let's celebrate the Dem's top 10 in the charts of pain, vote Republican.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I'm crossing my fingers to see how well these things survive attacks.
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posted on
12/26/2003 1:40:19 PM PST
by
txzman
(Jer 23:29)
To: txzman
No matter what, it has got to be better than a humvee.
To: Cannoneer No. 4
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posted on
12/26/2003 1:51:53 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Old soldiers never die. They just go to the Class VI Store parking lot and regroup.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
I'm keeping my fingers very crossed
see link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1033404/posts
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posted on
12/26/2003 1:52:41 PM PST
by
prophetic
To: prophetic
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posted on
12/26/2003 2:17:12 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Old soldiers never die. They just go to the Class VI Store parking lot and regroup.)
To: prophetic
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posted on
12/26/2003 2:21:55 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Old soldiers never die. They just go to the Class VI Store parking lot and regroup.)
To: Prodigal Son
Better than a Humvee? Sure, but that thing was meant to replace the Abrams.
To: Cannoneer No. 4
It looks like russian BTR-80.
BTR-80 is old soviet design of 1980th. It cann't withstand the hit from PRG-7.
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posted on
12/26/2003 5:21:22 PM PST
by
RusIvan
To: Cannoneer No. 4; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
35 soldiers...four Strykers...round exploded about 100 feet over the vehicles....someone fired a burst of AK47 fire at the soldiers....No one was hurt... ...the two incidents made for an unnerving night.
Over the last two weeks of the operation, brigade soldiers have seized several caches of weapons and munitions...rounded up 47 individuals suspected of terrorist activity in this Sunni Triangle...
The pace of the around-the-clock operation continues to be relentless...
Its kind of nice today because all we are doing is escorting convoys in and out, said Soto in a Christmas Day interview. They have been using us like crazy. I cant remember the last time I had more than two or three hours sleep at a time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stryker Brigade Combat Team Soldiers working overtime this Christmas season.
Prayers for the tired convoy escorts, stay vigilant and steady, aim true.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stryker brigade prayer
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posted on
12/26/2003 5:38:32 PM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
To: RusIvan
but I bet the technology is totally different
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posted on
12/26/2003 6:12:56 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Revolution should be televised! Imagine the ratings!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Thanks for the ping!
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posted on
12/26/2003 6:26:36 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Davis is now out of Arnoold's Office , Bout Time!!!!)
To: JudgemAll; centurion316
The Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle
was never meant to replace the Abrams. There is a Stryker Mobile Gun System
that could not be ready in time to deploy to Iraq. The Canadians intend to replace their Leopards
with the Stryker Mobile Gun System. When the Abrams finally is replaced, it will probably be with a second-generation Future Combat System Line Of Sight Mounted Combat Vehicle.
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posted on
12/26/2003 6:33:12 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Old soldiers never die. They just go to the Class VI Store parking lot and regroup.)
To: ExSoldier
Just a battle taxi.
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posted on
12/26/2003 6:55:24 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Old soldiers never die. They just go to the Class VI Store parking lot and regroup.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
thanks for the Front Line Photos link...
nice to see that the 45th Infantry folks recently deployed to Afghanistan
are doing fine so far.
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posted on
12/26/2003 8:38:50 PM PST
by
VOA
To: GeronL
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posted on
12/26/2003 8:41:18 PM PST
by
RusIvan
To: RusIvan
You can read your email in a Stryker. archy and I have compared Strykers to BTRs before. I'll look for those posts. Excellent videos you linked. Thanks.
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posted on
12/26/2003 9:02:01 PM PST
by
Cannoneer No. 4
(Old soldiers never die. They just go to the Class VI Store parking lot and regroup.)
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