stryker
Noun
Meaning
stryker (plural strykers)
Alternative spelling of Stryker (emergency stretcher)
(emergency medicine) A modern, heavy-duty, full-featured gurney, typically heavily padded and having yellow legs.
(military) An eight-wheeled armoured combat vehicle used by the US Army.
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Armor upgrades include reactive armor on the sides of the tank and slat armor (similar to that on the Stryker ) on the rear to protect against rocket-propelled grenades and other shaped charge warheads.
Between May 2019 and February 2020, while the companies worked on their designs, the Stryker Program Office proceeded with the development of a final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the MCWS.
“Coming out here and seeing the Stryker brigade going through this training and getting ready for a rotation at the national training center, which is the epitome of readiness, has been exciting,” Kepner said.
According to one soldier, they also talked about a second scenario in which they “would throw candy out in front and in the rear of the Stryker; the Stryker would then run the children over.”
In 2001, Trustee Ronda Stryker dedicated to her grandmother the Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service learning.
Since then, individual battalions from the 81st Stryker BCT have been dropped into various rotations slated for 2021, ensuring all its Soldiers receive the immersive combat training.