Combination of things. 1. Light infantry units do not traditionally have vehicles, armored or otherwise, we also had not traditionally worn much in the way of body armor. I didn't have a problem with the initial lack of armor, personnel or vehicle, and saw very quickly the supply chain jump in to provide what was needed.
2. The problem I did have was the large scale repurposing of light infantry units as light armored cavalry and MPs. That was the biggest issue I had with the initial MTOE, and I think our medium Stryker infantry has grown into the role nicely. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:51 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Election Day Results Thread > > so are you saying that there was no problem with their lack of armor? > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They were unarmored because the units involved were light infantry, > > not even supposed to have vehicles in most cases. > > > > A lot of the issues early on with supply can be laid > directly at the > > feet of the Clinton administration. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:07 PM > >> To: cf-community > >> Subject: Re: Election Day Results Thread > >> > >> but ... it was republicans that sent soldiers out in unarmored > >> vehicles. What would you actually like to see? > >> That is my question. I was thinking about this today. I > said an Obama > >> administration should be held accountable also. But where > to start? > >> Obviously the economy. > >> But how exactly?And what else? Guantanamo? How do you make > that right? > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Bruce Sorge > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Yes, it is all about dollars and cents. > >> > Without money, we can't buy the parts we need to keep > the vehicles > >> > running to get us out to train. If we can't train, we are > >> not ready to > >> > fight. We can't afford the new equipment or the > neccessary upgrades > >> > that are required to keep us technologically superior. > If we can't > >> > keep our technological superiority, they we are not > ready to fight. > >> > And they like to cut the number of troops, which means they > >> are going > >> > to start nit picking and kicking out otherwise good > >> soldiers just because they are a couple of pounds overweight. > >> > And since they need less soldiers, they are slower to > promote. And > >> > that means that good soldiers are going to stalemate. > Everyone will > >> > start looking over their shoulders again and backstabbing > >> each other > >> > so that they are not axed. > >> > I can go on and on, but I think that you see the picture. > >> > > >> > Again, I truely hope that these things don't happen. I > hope that he > >> > picks his generals and Sec Def based on their experience and > >> > willingness to keep our military strong and ready at all times. > >> > Time > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 7:02 PM, G Money wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Bruce, I know that military spending was cut under Clinton, and > >> >> generally speaking this seems to be the > case....Republicans spend > >> >> more on military, Democrats generally cut military budgets. > >> >> > >> >> But can you get into some of the specifics as to why > your military > >> >> service was so miserable under Clinton, and what > specific outcomes > >> >> you fear from the Obama campaign? Is it all just a matter > >> of dollars > >> >> and cents? > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> I'm only one, but not alone > >> >> My finest day, is yet unknown > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
