Friday April 8, 2005
The survivability of the Stryker is superb:
- In more than 68 IED/VBIED attacks, Strykers were, in most cases, able to complete the mission under their own power. There was only one direct fatality associated with these attacks.
- In more than 58 RPG attacks, there was only one known instance where SLAT armor did not defeat the full effects of an RPG.
Over a 14 month period, 311 Strykers in Iraq logged more than four million miles while sustaining a 97 percent operational availability rate.
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Operation: Military Kids (OMK) is a new, collaborative effort between the Army and America's communities to help children and teens of military service members cope with the stresses and changes a parent's deployment brings to their lives.
OMK is co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center's Child and Youth Services in partnership with the National 4-H Headquarters, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Participating partners include the Boys and Girls Clubs of America; the Military Child Education Coalition; the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies; local community groups and service organizations. The program is open to all military connected children but is geared toward those children of the 150,000 deployed National Guard and Reserve members
Community agencies, parents or youth interested in the OMK initiative can get more information or identify their state 4-H military liaison at www.operationmilitarykids.org.
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[W]e're absolutely enthusiastic about what the Stryker has done and its performance, not just as a vehicle-but as a system.
The most survivable vehicle in Iraq today is the Stryker. If I could field Stryker in every unit we have over there, I would.
Gen. Peter Schoomaker
Chief of Staff of the Army
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