I smell a rat!
Jon
At 04:14 PM 10/2/2001 -0400, Winget, Adrian JTFCS5G wrote:
>Ok, for those that don't know, following the MVPA convention at Fort
Lee, I
>had a little visit from the DoD CID type reference a call made to the
Fraud
>Waste Abuse hotline (Thanks whoever it is, may you rot with Bin
Laden) about
>my M151A2 which sports a TOW (Tub Launch Optical Wire Guided Missile)
System
>(the Tank Killer so popular in Desert Storm)
>Anyway, he came out without my knowledge the first time, snooped
around the
>shop, explaining to my Mother that they had "missed" me at
the show, and
>wanted to show his kids the Jeep...... (By the way, not a question
has
>arisen about the MUTT, only the TOW Optics and Launch Barrel)
>
>Then after seeing it the first time, he calls me, and makes an
appointment
>to view it + photo it for an official DoD investigation, etc. I
oblige, as
>I have nothing to hide, and legally obtained ALL of the gutted /
demilled
>(and notice I point out GUTTED) system parts over the past 12 years.
He and
>a buddy photo everything in detail and even take a picture of me
(after a
>request, and again, nothing to hide...)
>So a month and a half go by... Today I get the follow-up call saying
a
>"specialist" from Battle Creek, Michigan wants to come down
(Larry M for
>now) and look the system over in light of the recent events. (By the
way,
>I'm Native Born US, Northern European Decent, don't sport a beard or
carry a
>Koran, and am still active in the Reserves following 20+ years Army
Infantry
>service, with expectation of LTC soon)
>
>Well, I'm beginning to get a picture of a guy willing to brave the
terrorist
>skies to travel ALL the way down here to Virginia to feast on Crab
meat for
>a three day TDY trip. Seems a LOT Like Fraud/ Waste/ Abuse.....
(Maybe I
>should call the hotline ;o) ))
>
>What can't he see from the photo's the guys took? (I
disassembled
>everything, including ripping out the fake optics (truck panoramic
mirror)
>to show the insides of the housings (gutted)
>
>So what's this have to do with the Mil Veh Hobby you ask? Well, this
stuff
>passed THROUGH DRMO with the current demil regs (and is harmless,
trust me,
>I was a TOW Platoon Leader and Company Commander, I KNOW the
system
>thoroughly!)
>
>Once they pass a law requiring Demil, and you put it back together
again
>such that it even LOOKS like a system, then you will have to demil it
again.
>(I have a Mig, Stick and Gas welding outfit, and can do wonders with
Bondo
>too. How does Hollywood get away with it?)
>
>I see NO good from the proposed legislation, and if you haven't
called or
>written, please do.
>
>Won't know what's what till after the 17th Oct when he comes down
(First
>Class???) to look, but I made sure they understand I have things to
do,
>possibly places to go (overseas after BAD people, etc) and cannot
guarantee
>two hours from now, let alone the 15 days out.
>
>OOPs, just been told I have a meeting on the 17th with all the
Service
>Components for planning, and on the 19th is the Yorktown Victory
Parade (Our
>English friends will remember this one) They use my '42 Command Car
to
>carry the VIP General's and French Officers up to the reviewing stage
every
>year. The TOW Jeep and the Deuce are scheduled to drive with the VFW
riding
>in them as well. Guess I'll have to work around it somehow, or tell
our
>Vets they have to walk, hobble, or push their own wheel chairs
around
>through the parade since all my vehicles may be cut up by then......
I
>could use the "Imported" German Halftrack, but the tracks
play hell with the
>street, and it's just not the same.
>
>Gee, wasn't it just last year that we were saying "Freedom is
not Free!"
>
>By the way, I'M STILL looking for any TOW system parts you may find
lurking
>out there. As these are such "dangerous" things to have,
perhaps sending
>them to me will be a GOOD thing, as I will be sanitized (and Insane)
in the
>near future by the DoD Gods themselves.
>
>Adrian Winget
>Hampton, Va.
>Still the same old web page, but here's the link:
>http://home.mindspring.com/~jhooah/index.html
>
>
>
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