Hi all!
My son is infantry at Ft. Drum and heavy armor defense. He drives a Humvee
or mans the tow missile etc on them. When they take their equipment
anywhere by train, 1 in 4 units have to be pushed off the train.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Kunicki" <c322348@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] The US military is in big trouble!!!! HMMWV from hell...
>
> --- Wayne Lawler <wclawler@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > I haven't figured out yet how to post to the list so
> > please feel free to
> > post this if you would like.
> >
> >
> >
> > I would agree with the state of the vehicles in the
> > military. I am an
> > active duty CPT in command of a an anti-tank company
> > in the Army. We are
> > HMMWV based but organized like a tank company.
> > Maintenance is a continuing
> > challenge. We are underbudgeted and overused. All
> > of my trucks are
> > past their wear-out date. My mechanics take apart
> > bad parts and cobble
> > together "rebuilt" ones in order to keep the trucks
> > running. Your truck
> > might have been sabotaged by some soldier or Marine
> > but I would tend to doubt
> > it. Most likely it was an under-resourced,
> > overworked servicemember doing
> > what he could to try and make the mission happen. I
> > feel the soldiers are
> > one of if not the best bargain the US gets. The
> > soldier working on that
> > truck was probably making about $1100 take home a
> > month and working 50-60 hours
> > a week when in garrison and he got to go to some
> > little room at night. In
> > the field that truck is his source of mobility,
> > carries his water and chow, and
> > provides what little heat and protection from the
> > elements he gets. We get
> > our fair share of unmotivated and poor soldiers but
> > look first at the leadership
> > and where our money and time goes before blaming the
> > soldier.
> >
> > This is not meant as an attack at Brandon or
> > anyone else. I am
> > proud of our servicemembers and feel everyone else
> > should be too.
> >
> >
> >
> > Wayne Lawler
>
>
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