This completely sucks.
I hope these guys are brought back to 100 percent equipment readiness before they head into Baghdad.
Actually, they were scrambling around trying to get back all the equipment that they'd given away when they thought they were headed home. :-(
They don't need to be at 100%. My unit was at about 60%, at best, when we arrived to START our year long tour in Bagdhdad. Rolled right through the middle of town in Hummers with NO armor. Most of our Hummers didn't even have doors on them. Those that did had the vinyl doors.
Those Iraqis looked at us like we were crazy. After a couple of days, everyone realized we weren't crazy, we were just bottom of the food chain National Guard soldiers, and poorly equipped as a result. I have some pictures of one 5-ton truck that the crew tried to up-armor with layers of cardboard, which I guess is all they could find.