wgungho
Member
The truth of the matter is that we're sending our boys and girls in harm's way with damn little expertise. I live in a military area (Tidewater, Virginia), frequent the VA hospital, and personally know more than a few returnees, from both the hills and the sand box. Budgets don't allow much in way of weapons live fire, and often troops are given weapons in the field that they've NEVER handled before. The situation is changing now, but if a troop wanted a set of first class body armor, he had to buy it himself. I know marines who bought their own weapons, as in .308, becasue their issue 16s didn't cut it at long range. Ask anyone with rank in a reserve unit about their training budgets. You're liable to see tears. Reserve units here in Virginia (I don't know about elsewhere) are ofter REQUIRED to leave behind their equiptment for incoming units, with no planned replacement. And they WILL be going back.