From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Mar 26 2005 - 14:04:03 PST
Sounds like fun but some of us may never get to play with it. But for those
that will be traveling in Georgia on I-95 you may want to stop by the
Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum close to Savannah (so close to the Interstate
you can see the outside displays while driving by) and check out their new
video game. They have a mockup of a airplane gunner station with a real 50
cal M.G. (but no real bullets, doggone it) with wide screen video and you
can shoot down the enemy planes while on a mission!! If you get there around
lunch, they now a English Pub of the 1940 style serving a menu featuring
bangers-and-mash, shepherd’s pie, fish and chips, sandwiches, salads and
more. Wayne
http://www.mightyeighth.org/index.cfm
>From: bolton8@juno.com
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] VIRTUAL CONVOY TRAINING
>Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:59:33 -0700
>
>GENTLEMEN,
> Received an e-mail from a friend stationed at FT Bragg NC. His MOS
>is Airborne Rigger and he's scheduled for deployment to Baghdad before
>summer. The Army has just started training soldier's using these
>Virtual Combat Convoy Trainers (VCCTs).
>See the following URL for link to DEFENSE UPDATE Magazine explaining
>them.
>
> (http://www.defense-update.com/products/c/convoy-trainer.htm)
>
> David writes: "This is what I got to do yesterday. Pretty cool but not
>better than real training. It was a big video game pretty much. Only got
>to go through it once."
>
> Even though his MOS is parachute packer and aircraft loader he is being
>deployed out of MOS for convoy driving and protection. I have just made
>a phone call to David at FT Bragg for confirmation and yes, he and
>other's are being deployed out of their MOS for convoy support.
>
>LANCE
>M37 'Time Traveller'
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