Stryker project prepares to move forward
Meanwhile,
according
to the
Star-Bulletin,
military expansion continues apace. 23,000 acres of expansion on the Big
Island."With its key legal battles
behind it, the Army will begin construction next month of the first of 28
projects designed to prepare Schofield Barracks and the Big Island's Pohakuloa
Training Area for its newest unit -- the Stryker Brigade Combat Team. [...]
...the Army can now enter into serious negotiations with the Richard Smart
Estate to acquire 23,000 acres of Parker Ranch on the Big Island to be used as a
maneuver area for the 19-ton, eight-wheeled Stryker
vehicles."
Posted: Sun - May 1, 2005 at 09:50 AM