Accession Number:

ADA505224

Title:

HELL ON WHEELS: The U.S. Army's Stryker Brigade Combat Team

Descriptive Note:

Research paper

Corporate Author:

MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

Personal Author(s):

• Lucas, S.

Report Date:

2005-02-08

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

When a Kiowa Warrior Helicopter was shot down over Northern Iraq, the exact location of where it landed was unknown and radio contact with the pilots could not be established. Soldiers from Task Force Olympia, the Stryker Brigade Combat Team based in Mosul, Iraq, looked at the computer screens located in their vehicles and found where the chopper had crashed. The battle for control of the aircraft and security of the pilots was won by the warrior ethos that lives in the heart of every American Soldier. The ability to find the aircraft, move through enemy-held urban terrain and bring enough firepower to the fight to destroy a numerically superior enemy was facilitated by the Stryker vehicle that the soldiers rode in. In the modern contemporary operating environment that soldiers are expected to fight in, flexibility and responsiveness are paramount to success. The Stryker Brigade Combat Team SBCT is ideally organized and equipped to fight across the spectrum of conflict in the current and future operating environments.

Descriptors:

• *MOBILITY
• *FIREPOWER
• *MECHANIZATION
• *ARMORED VEHICLES
• *RAPID DEPLOYMENT
• *MILITARY CAPABILITIES
• *INFANTRY
• TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
• ANTITANK WEAPONS
• SURVEILLANCE
• COMBAT FORCES
• RECONNAISSANCE
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• ARTILLERY
• TEAMS(PERSONNEL)
• BRIGADE LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS
• AIRLIFT OPERATIONS
• DRONES

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Combat Vehicles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE