Comments on: War? What war? http://donklephant.com/2006/12/01/war-what-war/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bob J Young http://donklephant.com/2006/12/01/war-what-war/comment-page-1/#comment-130494 Bob J Young Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:46:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/12/01/war-what-war/#comment-130494 Boy do I agree with that. Big ticket, high tech pork, but damn little to help the actual troops. My aunt had to buy my cousin body armor at the start of the war. Now when troops get deployed, they are given a list of things they will need, that will not be issued (or the issued item is just crap and you need to buy a commercial version). In fact, there is an interesting website dedicated to items you need for deployment. http://kitup.military.com/ Boy do I agree with that. Big ticket, high tech pork, but damn little to help the actual troops. My aunt had to buy my cousin body armor at the start of the war. Now when troops get deployed, they are given a list of things they will need, that will not be issued (or the issued item is just crap and you need to buy a commercial version).

In fact, there is an interesting website dedicated to items you need for deployment.
http://kitup.military.com/

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