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Taking Stryker for a test drive THERE IS a lot of activity behind the fence line at Schofield Barracks East Range just a few miles from homes in Wahiawa, and all the action centers around the Armys newest Stryker combat vehicles. Guns and Gigabytes By Michael Gilbert; The News Tribune Guns and Gigabytes For more than a decade the Army has been trying to put together a wearable package of computers, radios, lasers and other high-tech gear to help infantrymen better pierce the fog of war. Strykers given delicate road test For the first time, 19-ton Stryker armored vehicles this week roamed the back woods of this approximately 4,500-acre training area. A Meaningful Message Before practice on Saturday, USA Basketball had four guest speakers who were there to talk about service, sacrifice and being members of a team. Vilseck spouses learn an alternate shopping route VILSECK, Germany — Newly-arrived 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment spouses say shortages of some items at the local post exchange are forcing them to look off-post. Stryker vehicles arriving in Hawaii SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (AP) _ Between 30 and 50 of the Armys new Stryker vehicles have begun to arrive at Schofield Barracks each month. The 19-ton, eight-wheeled Strykers are expected to help remake the Armys land force with a lighter and faster vehicle. Morning Inspiration: The U.S. Team Meets Americas True Heroes Instead of the regular morning team meeting with the coaches and players, former West Point grad and coach Mike Krzyzewski brought in one of his former players, Col. Robert B. Brown , and three of Col. Browns soldiers who were wounded in Iraq to talk to the team. General Dynamics Finds Profit on the Battlefields Ninety Stryker armored vehicles. Thousands of tank shells. Millions of bullets. Strykers win praise from Guard student drivers INDIANTOWN GAP — “It’s like a Cadillac on steroids,” is the way Spc. Cuong Le of Lebanon described the Army’s new Stryker vehicle yesterday. | |||||||