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DEFEATING THE ENEMY WITH THE HELP OF A GARMIN GPS
I’m an artillery officer in the U.S. Marine Corps who came back from Iraq with a glowing appreciation of
Garmin. The best example I have to prove my Garmin eTrex unit’s worth was when my unit of six vehicles
was ambushed and cut off by several hundred Iraqi Fedayeen Militia. My Commanding Officer was
wounded and taken out of the fight immediately, which left me in charge. While the remainder of my
Marines are fighting it out from our irrigation ditch, I called on the radio back to my Headquarters Unit
with a situational update. Then I grabbed my Garmin GPS and told my unit our exact coordinates and
those of the enemy. Thirty seconds later, artillery shells began landing on top of the enemy, allowing
us time to medevac my Captain, and bring in much needed assistance from a Marine infantry company.
The short story is that we were able to get all our Marines out alive and defeat the enemy because of
a handheld Garmin GPS that I picked up at Best Buy. So thank you very much for helping us. I truly
believe that we are alive today because of you.
– 1st Lt. Marshall Carroll, 1/11 USMC
GARMIN SAVES AIRCRAFT AFTER ELECTRICAL FAILURE OVER IRAQ
During the war in Iraq, my aircraft had a complete electrical failure. This is extremely rare, but as I
found out, possible. I lost all navigation and communication radios. I was lucky enough to have a
Garmin GPSMAP 295 onboard. I immediately unplugged the GPS power cable from the aircraft and
programmed in the return route back to Kuwait. I had to fly for almost an hour to my airfield and was
able to land and recover a multi-million dollar aircraft because of a portable GPS costing $1200.00.
The 295 was required for all of our flights, and this was exactly the reason. I became so impressed
with these GPS units that I just purchased a StreetPilot 2610 for my wife. I trust them enough to get
me home during a war, and now I trust them enough to help my wife.
– R.S., U.S. Army
THERE’S MORE TO THE STORIES
The following excerpts were taken from testimonials submitted by military customers through Garmin’s
Web site. To read more customer stories, go to www.garmin.com.
I recently returned from my tour in Iraq, and Garmin was with me every step of the way.The Army’s
version of a GPS is bulky, takes specific batteries, and weighs a ton, so we all bought civilian GPS
systems. I really liked the Rino the best because we’d have two-way communications as well as a
GPS in the palm of our hands! This is a picture of our driving conditions and why it was so important
to have the tracking on, as well as the military grid plugged in. Here are just some of our daily routes
we had to drive on. You can barely see where the road is or turns off.
– J. E. G., Jr., 1st Lt., TC, Platoon Leader