[Neidermeyer]

and the stuff they already handed out???
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I can’t speak for the weaponry but the heavy vehicles are generally useless due to failure to maintain them... I drive past my sheriffs compound and I see known dead MRAP’s and APC’s ... They all want the toys , but they don’t budget maintenance ... I think it’s mostly off road toys for the brass...

[Chode]

i can believe that... but it'd be a good idea to recall all the M16's, M4's and such

[300winmag]

I can’t speak for the weaponry but the heavy vehicles are generally useless due to failure to maintain them... I drive past my sheriffs compound and I see known dead MRAP’s and APC’s ... They all want the toys , but they don’t budget maintenance ... I think it’s mostly off road toys for the brass...

While all of that is true, there are some positive aspects that could be taken from the situation.

A percentage of wheeled and tracked vehicles were built for the military as armored ambulances, to rescue the wounded under fire. The military is trying hard to find the money to keep the latest version of the mine-resistant ones for combat use.

Assuming the feds take back all the vehicles (a futile assumption, especially since the vehicles have been deactivated (trashed) for free the recipients, the least-trashed MRAPs should be refitted as state-of-the-art armored ambulances that states and cities can request. Conversion costs would be split 50-50 between the feds and the end-user, just to show they have "skin in the game". They could be stored at major hospitals, where medics could train with them on a regular basis.

There would probably be plenty of volunteer labor among recently "retired" troops with experience on this equipment. They could also restore a lot of the other trashed vehicles for donation to the real owners of the equipment, the American citisen. :)