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2006-12-07 Home Front: WoT

Military equipment needing repair piling up

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Posted by Dar 2006-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Buy more then. End of problem.

Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute!

Posted by DanNY 2006-12-07 06:29|| 2006-12-07 06:29|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Part of the problem is that although we developed a huge, fast, mobile army, it's still being deployed, fought, and maintained under WWIII rules - a relatively fast, high intensity conflict. For all the talk about 'transformation', everything is still geared towards fighting and supporting The Big Contingency.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-12-07 06:29|| 2006-12-07 06:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Our Freedom comes with a cost. $17 B seem a bit much, but at the end of the day what is the defence of our nation worth?

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-12-07 08:42|| 2006-12-07 08:42|| Front Page Top

#4 The last items on the Congressioanl/military budget -

spare parts
maintenance
~~ghettos~~ housing

They are so unsexy like new toys and subcontractor jobs back in the district/state.

Posted by Procopius2k 2006-12-07 09:39|| 2006-12-07 09:39|| Front Page Top

#5 There's been a whole bunch of these stories recently. Something positive must be happening in Iraq that the media doesn't want to report.

Look! Something shiny....

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-12-07 10:00|| 2006-12-07 10:00|| Front Page Top

#6 49Pan....$17 billion is nothing compared to the total DoD budget, much less the ENTIRE federal budget. Then, you add on the pork, and there are LOTS of areas to cut that could even give twice this amount to the military.

Take the $250 million "bridge to nowhere". Add in the (coming) I-75 bridge (replacing the existing bridge) over the Ohio River in northern KY, and that one bridge alone is quoted at $3 BILLION! If you think about how many vehicles/planes/boats/subs/etc. our military has (many here argue we need to up these #s too) and add in the complexity of many of these machines, and the current on the ground conditions they operate in (extreme temps, fine sand, etc.) and $17 billion looks like chump change to keep them running to me. Our troops deserve the best.

Posted by BA 2006-12-07 11:50|| 2006-12-07 11:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes, this is yet another failure of Congress.
The govmint should be run like a business, not like a raffle.

Posted by wxjames 2006-12-07 13:15|| 2006-12-07 13:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Why they are spend 2mil to fix something that cost 2.2 mil astounds me.

That would be like me spend $26K to fix up the kids 1991 Saab. The wife would kill me.

Buy some new stuff!

Posted by 3dc 2006-12-07 16:15|| 2006-12-07 16:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Good point, 3dc, but, knowing the efficacy of government, they may have a moratorium on acquiring new equipment and therefore have no choice!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2006-12-07 16:24|| 2006-12-07 16:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Problem is on a lot of the stuff that needs repair, we no longer have active production lines for them. That, and the fact that repairs would take 6 months and ramping up to production would take 18 months. So, if you want the item in a usable timeframe, you need to repair it.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-12-07 16:44|| 2006-12-07 16:44|| Front Page Top

#11 Ramp up production now. Our problems ain't going away any time soon.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-07 17:05|| 2006-12-07 17:05|| Front Page Top

#12 How much of this "Equipment" is obsolete, and parking it in a "Repair" yard is really just an excuse to get it out of the way?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-12-07 19:56|| 2006-12-07 19:56|| Front Page Top

#13 On second thought, gut one tank, repair five and get them deployed.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-12-07 20:00|| 2006-12-07 20:00|| Front Page Top

#14 I agree Jim, but many a CG hates "selective interchange" aka canabalization of equipment. Not that I care, just an observation.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-12-07 21:13|| 2006-12-07 21:13|| Front Page Top

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