Posted on 01/26/2017 12:40:05 PM PST by HarleyLady27
U.S. Army tanks recently deployed to Europe arrived at a port in Germany, some of them with dead batteries and without sufficient fuel.
The Wall Street Journal reported this week on logistical challenges that the U.S. military faced when sending an armored unit of 4,000 soldiers and 90 tanks to Europe in order to protect NATO member states and deter Russian aggression.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
Obammy’s military....
Betcha THAT doesn’t happen again.
They can’t have more than a 1/4 tank of fuel, and batteries do die. That said, few things can beat a tanker with a gas can and jumper cables! Look out enemies of the US!
Some XO just had his career shortened.
Admin: Please remove this, the site I got it from doesn’t not have it listed....sorry...
Sounds like either sabotage or incompetence............
Once we landed a million troops and thousands of tanks on a hostile beachhead. 70 years later we fail at a small expedition.
Good thing there is practically ZERO threat of Russia invading Germany.
Unless they’re short on sauerkraut.
But the msm narrative of a Russia/Trump alliance must be made to look as sinister as possible.
Where did the maintenance money go..huh ?
Obama's pension and retirement fund !
Look for more OBungler's FUBAR issues !
Peaceful transition my "hoopa-doopa " !
It won’t cause if it does someone will be the new liaison to Tristan da Cunha
So they were shipped weeks ago like this? That’s sad. Time for a change in running the military.
Many years ago we quit doing REFORGER, now we forgot how to send tanks to Germany.
Kind of hard to deter anybody with a dead battery, just sayin’
Fire the G-4.
we are so blessed to have oceans on two sides
and now President Trump will Drain the Swamp of Obama’s IslamoNazi infiltrators/terrorists/spies...too!
GO TRUMP!
and rebuild American defenses....
Anyways, in the article it said that when they went to get the tanks, they didn’t know what to do...no body has been trained in the care of these things being shipped, they are suppose to have things turned off, and something to do with the ‘contractors’ that did this...
It sounds like a big mess, I thought our Military was better than this, if this is any idea of what we are facing, we have A LOT of work to do!!!
Thank you so much...
Is it possible they are intentionally shipped like this to reduce fire risk in transit, and field maintenance is expected before they are battle ready, and this is so much FAKE NEWS?!?!?
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