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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:07 AM Original message |
Army may Return to Old-Fashioned System of Soldiers Maintaining Vehicles Instead of Contractors |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. It worked for a hundred years... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow! What a concept? Hoocoodanode??? |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Godatride. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. LOL |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. yes!!! |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's an attack on Thatcheriem! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Exactly!!! n/t |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. But how can you reward campaign contributors? |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes indeedy--important to bloat the budget w/payback, never mind that |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. I performed a lot of vehicle maintenance on my HUMVEE , my M113 APC, and my Bradley FV |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I bet.....you did the work.. and... the contractors got the pay.. |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I don't think so |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. Republicans are not going to like that, Obama and Gates will put a squash on that in a hurry. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've never gotten why private enterprise is more cost efficient for these |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Plausibility. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Yep, the criminals have figured out how to make their operations legitimate under |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Read some of the analysis that has been done. Pretty compelling in some areas |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. It isn't more cost efficient - it just sounds like it should be. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's also excellent training for post-service employment. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. Why did they move from that concepts |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Cohen and Rumsfeld |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Contractors are the main reason why spending in the military has |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. Gah, here we go with yet ANOTHER leash on private business and entrepreneurship! |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. Should is the operative word here. Army 'mechanics' are notoriously |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The Navy's got some great shipyard people |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Is Navy shipyard not private contractor? I wonder. But here they |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Maybe 1/4 Navy, 1/4 civilian DEPNAV, and 1/2 contractor |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. Depends on the vehicle |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Also depends on location |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. There needs to a balance between contracting out and in house |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. that'll cut a huge amount out of the budget... |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
29. You mean drivers no longer check their vehicles? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. PM is still done at all levels |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
32. How quaint |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
33. Sgt. Bilko's motor pool, yes! |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
34. Do it! |
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