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This Week at War- Why Don't Stryker Brigades Work
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This Week at War: Why Don't Stryker Brigades Work in Afghanistan? (SWJ Blog)
Here is the latest edition of my column at Foreign Policy:Topics include:1) Was it a mistake to send a Stryker brigade to Afghanistan?2) U.S. troop morale may be slipping in Afghanistan.Was it a mistake to send a Stryker brigade to Afghanistan?On July 5, the U.S. Army’s 5th Stryker Brigade arrived in Kandahar province for a year-long tour of duty. The brigade was equipped with 350 Stryker combat vehicles,Wholesale tiffany Necklaces, an eight-wheeled armored infantry carrier that has proven successful in Iraq and is popular with soldiers. It was the first time the Army had deployed Strykers to Afghanistan,Tiffany Silver Charms, but the country has proven unforgiving to the brigade. Thus far they have lost 21 of their Strykers to improvised explosive devices (IEDs), at a cost of two dozen killed and over 70 wounded. On Oct. 27, seven soldiers died during the bombing of a single Stryker vehicle.Why are Strykers seemingly more vulnerable to improvised explosive attack in Afghanistan than they were in Iraq?Click through to read more ...
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