From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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>> And I caught a bit on the news yesterday saying our Mil Aircraft are
>> wearing out faster than expected
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> all equipment .  10 times what they've programmed for?
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> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7662481
> The Army operates several repair depots like this around the country,
> where mechanics fix vehicles, upgrade armor, and also work on broken
> radios, generators, and other military machines. It's a job that's become
> especially important as U.S. involvement continues in the Middle East. At
> a recent congressional hearing, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker
> said military hardware is under what he called "unprecedented stress."
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> "The destruction of equipment, the wearing out of equipment has
> accelerated over what it was before," he said. "I mean we're
wearing out
> helicopters, trucks, Humvees, tanks at rates that are six, eight, 10 times
> in some cases what we're programmed for, so obviously combat action is
> destroying equipment we've committed."
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>

Yep, we will be paying for this for a long long time.

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