From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Jun 29 2004 - 22:28:23 PDT
Two cannibals catch a missionary and prepare to cook him in a big pot. The
boss cannibal walks by and says "Hey, you can't boil him, he's a Friar!"
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From: <dodgew200@mchsi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] CANIBALS
> The Navy does the same thing with it's aircraft. Too many times I've come
back
> from a deployment only to be told to rape, rob and strip full FMC jets so
the
> parts could go to a squadron that is deploying. THen we have a hanger full
of
> parts bins.....a few that actually can fly. the fun part is...each
aircraft has
> to fly within a certain number of days...so the big game of fix one jet so
it
> can fly ONCE...then rob all the parts back out and put them in yet ANOTHER
jet
> so it can fly....ONCE...and over and over and over...
>
> It's not so bad now...but cannabalization is and allways will be part of
ANY
> military mainteneance organization....no matter what anybody says...
>
> Lurker Rob
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>
> > I have been watching ..and trying to stay out of the subject of
> > cannibalizing Military Vehicles.....
> > a subject I am very informed on. For years....too many to admit to...I
have
> > been right in the middle of the cannibalization of vehicles for the US
> > Army..
> > I guess you all have never heard of a "CANN POINT" ..?? What do you
think it
> > is..?? It is a place, near a Maintenance Shop, that is used for the
storage
> > of un-used - broke down - red-lined and various vehicles that may or may
not
> > be complete. Repair of these vehicles is not economically feasible.
When a
> > Battery, Company, Battalion...or whoever ...If they need a part from one
of
> > the vehicles at a "cann point"... They will send a "Authorized" parts
> > scrounger there to get whatever part they need...he/or she - must have
> > written authorization to get into the "point"...except in COMBAT
AREAS....
> > Sometimes, most of a vehicle will go with the scroungers. This has been
> > going on in the Army since the Last Supper..and will continue forever
and a
> > day... Without cannibalization, combat areas, and line operations could
come
> > to a screeching halt. Ordering parts in Iraq, and receiving them in a
timely
> > manner is out of the question... My old Unit..which I am in constant
touch
> > with....does not order parts. They are removed from various "deadlined"
> > vehicles. If there is no part available on any of the vehicles at a cann
> > point...then the dead vehicle winds up there as a "parts bin"....
> > This is how it is done gents..like it or not. It save thousands of
> > dollars...not to mention the expedience of getting a vehicle back in
> > action.......
> > I have actual photos and films of a Unit in the Korea War...doing just
what
> > I am talking about. Why do you think busted up vehicles - to include
> > tanks...were hauled back to a certain holding area...? It was for
> > cannibalization...at the cann point. !! out here..................Gene
> >
> >
> >
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