Return to Article: Pentagon faulted for shortage of critical war supplies
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I remember back before the Gulf War, Leslie Stahl then of CBS news did an espose on massive amounts of equipment at a Penn. DLA depot. The focus was on boots, to many pairs it seemed. Unfortunately no one in authority at the depot was able to explain the concept of prepostioned war reserve material to her. As a result the boots in stock were drawn down in quantites, issued out. The top echelon personnel were fired or moved out. Then came the Gulf war and WOW!! no boots. It only seems resonable to assume that Pentagon logistics people might be a little gun shy.
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"You go to war with the Army you have."
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The Pentagon was faulted. Now just watch and see if this doesn't get twisted around by those who are just itching to outsource and eliminate the DoD worker. We will be faulted as the ineffective link and ultimate scapegoat for their inept mismanagement just to strenghten their case against us.
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Gee, golly-wow! It takes long lead times to get things like body armor and reinforced humvees, who would have thought? And underfunding, even in time of war, who would do such a thing?
It all goes back to that mindset of "just in time" instead of "just in case". When is Congress going to wake up to the fact that running a military isn't the same as running a Wal-Mart?
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Here's a silly thought. Why don't we take the money that we are thinking of supplying to rebuild Afghanistan and instead use that money to buy the items we need to protect our own troops?!
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