07-26-2011, 05:32 PM
I'm with M, I've read most it so far. Good stuff.
Incidentally, when I was in 2d Tank Battalion, 2d Marine Division we took a trip down to Ft Stewart to do some training at the CCTT Close Combat Simulator Trainer. Basically, it's one of the world's biggest video game set ups. Check this linkfor info. You can get a 4 man tank crew in this simulator that acts like a real tank and there are displays that show a computer graphic simulation for any particular area (we did Iraq) through the vision blocks. I was the commo for tanks at the time so I didn't get to do the fun stuff, but I did get to see the result of the senario in the monitoring station. Pretty darn cool!
Also cool was our trip to nearby Fort Pulaski- also very cool!