[GailA]

FYI

[pierrem15]

I thought the Marines had a procurement "bypass" that let their commanders get civilian equipment (like the Jerry cans they got) off the shelf without a lot of red tape.

[Libertina]

A group in WA is sending things over this next week. I'll email this request in and see if we can include some CBs.

[concerned about politics]

Lt. Thomas 'Hud' Moore, commander of a detachment that carries heavy tanks and gear from a base in Kuwait into Iraq, is asking for a holiday gift for his troops: Citizens Band radios and antennas so his unit can communicate while on the road.

What the....
Give them the damn C.B.'s, Rumsfield! They shouldn't have to ask for charity for crying out loud !
If we "can't afford it", then cancel some stupid useless liberal social program and get those folks what they want!!

[RaceBannon]

Good Grief!! No Radios???

[steplock]

Thinking back to 12 years in the marine corps which included traveling by convoy many times....

This story is more of leftist crap.

the Communication truck carries the radio equipmemnt and the same for certain other vehicles. Why only them? Well.... this letter is the main reason why.

Jerks like the letter writer would be blazing away on the air waves along with all his "buds" jamming the communications channels with useless BS if not totally compromising the convoy by giving away their position or other intelligence information --- such as this letter!

This letter is a wonderful piece of intelligence for those who wish to KILL AMERICANS. Great propaganda tool also!

Thank you you worthless POS! What's your IQ? 50? maybe?

[_Jim]

CB and 'CB Frequencies' (27 MHz - where a simple 'quarter wave whip is 9' or 108 inches and 'base load' antennas can be picky - and ignition noise and power line noise can be a problem as well) are really a bad choice ... better to use something in the VHF or UHF bands - like those 'Motorola type' radios mentioned in the article ...

[verity]

How about a CD player too? :~(