We had a guy here many years ago who was one of the Chosin Frozen. I think that was his screen name. He wrote many descriptions of what he and our men went through. It sounded like a description of hell, but they survived and did their duty and ultimately, won, at terrible loss. Reading that, I came away with disgust for the higher-ups who send our great men into situations without proper equipment and support. It happened in WW2 (our men were freezing at Battle of the Bulge) and in Vietnam (their boots, feet and socks were inadequate to wading through swampy land for days on end and having no place to clean up, among other inadequacies.)
It seems to me we do a better job of it now, but it can always be improved.
I watched a documentary about the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, and I, too, came away with a feeling of disgust for how poorly managed the whole thing was. Those young Marines were incredible, though. Good bless the Marine Corps and all of our brave fighting men.
Seems like our fighting men have always suffered shortages because the dopes making decisions are not in the thick of the fight. Goes back to our Revolutionary War troops.
So great to have a CinC who is determined to solve such problems.