"Sir, you and your fellow volunteers are truly an inspiration to us over here!"
SSG Phil Barker |
B troop, 3-61 CAV |
Shinwar FAS
"We are using the GPS daily and it has come in handy several times now! As medics in a very hostile area of Eastern Afghanistan, the ability to have GPS coordinates on demand, away from the vehicles that have the Army DAGR in them, has proven invaluable here. We are able to get birds in bound for casualties faster than ever, resulting in quicker treatment at upstream medical care. The amount of time a casualty has to lay and wait for MEDEVAC is reduced. As you can understand, the chaos and confusion of a fire fight is made so much easier when the marking of coordinates for pick-up is already done and we do not have to wait for the DAGR to find where we are."
SSG P. Baker & SGT Watts 3-61 CAV
"Having the GPS unit would allow myself and others in my vehicle get to a destination in any event. It is an assurance for us to know we would get to where we needed to be no matter what."
SPC Douglas Androsky
American Legion
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Message From Ed Meyer I received this e-mail from 1LT David Carlson, a soldier in Afghanistan we helped get a GPS unit.
"Still busy and clearing the routes. We just got a new UAV in for the platoon, a PUMA, you can probably google it and see what it looks like. Anyway, we use the GPS to calibrate it before flight, so another use for the GPS you sent us. - David"
You can Google the UAV PUMA or go to this web site for info. I feel it is very interesting that we played a part in their use in Afghanistan. I am proud of the people that have been involved in this project & want to thank everyone for their support.
GPS Update Winter Texans of Siesta Village in Weslaco, TX have donated over $2,000.00 to GPS for troops. This will supply 17 GPS units w/encrypted microchips. Thank you Siesta Village!
