I know that our men and women in the Armed Services have access to a lot of necessary battlefield equipment. I like to use the term ‘toys’ because, even though they are equipment designed for military purposes, some of them are really neat.
But this ‘toy’ seen here is the real thing – an actual Humvee set up to be used for entertainment purposes, publicity and amusement – literally, a toy.
This Hummer is practical only for being used as a recruiting tool. It hardly has the paint color to be used in any theater of operations, and I’m certain that the awesome high power sound system isn’t going to scare off any enemy.
But it is a beautiful work of military art. You have to envy the guys that get assigned to the care, feeding and operations of this unique military vehicle.
Photographed at Torrance, California, in the static display area after the annual Armed Forces Day Parade. The city hosts the parade every year; this is the 49th consecutive year.
One of our favorite weblogs, Blogs of War posted a great YouTube video of the 2008 Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade.