Posted on 10/25/2009 6:34:48 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
Typically, some insubordinate kid who wants to survive his tour of duty writes his mother, who then writes an irate letter to her Congresscritter. So long as it isn't Murtha, sometimes it works.
Hmmm.... I get the camel pic fine, but then again I’m in restricted China right now, so go figure...:)
As far as the paint-in-the-field, I guess the Army doesn’t have the right MOS figured out yet for the job!
“The first $100 Aimpoint type sights were used in the early 70s. The Army didnt mass issue them until the early 90s. 20 years.”
We had them in 2nd ACR, but were never allowed to use them.
Hey, green vehicles were good enough for the grandfathers and greatgrandfathers of these soldiers and they should be good enough for them. (no matter what other military do)
somewhere in Iraq
somehere is Afghanistan
“Which is why Rummy’s and Gates’s war on the Pentagon were right on. Some of these careerist, worried about which defense contractor is going to give them a good post retirement gig, have done more harm than AQ could ever do.”
And that moron Shinseki is a prime example.
He’s the one who saddled the Army with these overbloated POS’s that can be stopped with a box of roofing nails.
Engineers to rethink Titanic hull design...
In my next package, could you please send a case of tan spray paint for me and the guys?
Thanks, Johnny
I used to take tan cammo and drap it over my green vehicles and then tie it down with comm wire. Course, mine were not nearly as big as a Stryker :-)
Expect this sort of dithering in a nationalized health care bureaucracy.
When the Japanese SDF deployed to Iraq a couple years back, they kept their woodland green uniforms and equipment — and made sure the Japanese flag was very visible from every direction.
It was never stated, but I always suspected the reason for that was to make sure that everyone knew they were not Americans and would not engage in combat.
It worked. For whatever reason, they were not targeted the whole time they were there. Not one single Japanese soldier was injured or killed.
"Smart".
Army "Smart"
(THIS... from a former Marine)
I was in 7th Group (80-82) and we personally bought them off post, but were told to not have them on unless we were at a quiet range. The fist time I used them, I couldn’t believe the effect of them. The fist few hours, my shooting kind of went down, I was so fascinated by the floating red dot. And at night? Low light? What a difference. I couldn’t figure out why something so cheap, so easy, so effective was ignored.
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