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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:45 PM Original message |
Lawmakers: Soldiers have problems with combat gear |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Greatest nation on earth. Plastic backpacks with sharp plastic straps. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not sure how I should feel about this. We give these fuckers too much already |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Fuck the Pentagon & the bucks they put in to boondoggles |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I guess they fucked when they joined, not my problem, they should have thought it through. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Many of them joined cause they can't get a job in this sucky economy |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Once again, they should have thought it through. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. +1 |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Nice to know you are so concerned. So you dont worry to much |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. your statement is an embarassment to yourself |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Hardly, if anyone should be embarassed it should be the military. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. Donald Rumsfeld: you go to war with the army you have. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. These war mongering bastards that send our troops out without the proper gear... |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. The FN SCAR was just issued to the Rangers |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. The problems with the M4/M16 have been known since Vietnam |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Thanks for the info |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The SCAR seems to be at least the third attempt by FN to design an assault rifle |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Some of this is slightly off |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. As I said above, the "Bad Ammunition" was a cover story |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. The chrome-lined chamber wasn't the rifle's only problem |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. of course they don't support the military troops.... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R) |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 06:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. "Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R) |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. There should be a 10% for all pentagon desk-jockeys for this mistake. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. The military must be getting their gear from Hasbro |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. Obama's White House doesn't have a thing to do with this, and these guys know it. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Obama is responsible for the well being of the troops under his command |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Is it your intention to defend these Congresspersons? nt |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
25. The Sustainment Load Pack sucks? Imagine that! |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. ALICE pack with or without Frame? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. Soldiers buying their own uniforms? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. why aren't the actual low-bid contractors ever called out or even named |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. Even more MIC procurement/R&D fuck-ups. *headdesk* |
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