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The Stryker battalion that fought at Tall Afar had capabilitiesthat the U.S. Army force in Somalia lacked. Although the American soldiers in both engagements had similarskills and equipment, the Stryker-equipped unit also had the advantage of accessto real-time intelligence; responsive joint firepower; mobile, armor-protected combat systems; and shared awareness down to the squad level. The advantages the unit’s communications offered in this case were not always present in its other operations, where the enemy employed weapons and tactics that allowed him to blend easily into the civilian population; but the force’s technological advantages at Tall Afar made a decided difference. The crucial test of the Stryker Brigade, and of Army Transformation, did not take place in a laboratory or amid the dusty trails and hills of Fort Irwin’s National Training Center. It came in Iraq, where the soldiers of the Stryker Brigade faced a resilient and dedicated foe. The effort cost the unit over the course of that year a total of 13 combat deaths, 13 noncombat deaths, and some 300 other casualties. The price to its opponents was immeasurably greater. The fielding of the initial Stryker Brigade
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- Author
- Mark J Reardon; Jeffery Charlston; Center of Military History
- Publisher
- US Army Ctr of Mil Hist
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780160777875
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Military, History, Military History
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