My Army Son just returned from another deployment in Kuwait/Iraq with the 101st. Most people are shocked when I tell them the $$ amount each soldier spends out of their own pocket for supplies before shipping out. Average is around $2000 per deployment. The military has really cut back on what is standard issue to the troops.
600 billion military budget the most many times over in the world and our own guys have to buy their own equipment for deployment. Time to drain the swamp.
My son was in Iraq with the 101st... back in 04..I know it’s changed. Let’s pray our Eagles get what they need with Mattis and POTUS.
As I understand it, all the vertical foregrips on the rifles, with the built-in flashlights and lasers, binos, the good boots, the good goggles, the really breathable undies, all the good TA-50 stuff comes our of their pockets.
That sucks.