06-20-2011, 08:05 PM
LR1955 Wrote:Stan: ...your views on the Stryker and how it got into the system are false...Gene:
What is false about what I wrote? Back around 2000-2004, there were a number of generals quoted in articles, and they said that air transportability was the primary reason for acquiring Stryker.
I didn't keep any of those articles, so am unable to cite, but here is an April 2002 quote from Shinseki:
"We realized it took us a long time to get heavy forces into the field. We knew we had to fix that. If this force had been ready Sept. 11, it would be in Afghanistan today."
The only way for the US Army to have put a light armor force into Afghanistan in 2001 was by air.
Stan