The last time 1st Lt. William “Eddie†Rebrook IV saw his body armor, he was lying on a stretcher in Iraq, his arm shattered and covered in blood.
A field medic tied a tourniquet around Rebrook’s right arm to stanch the bleeding from shrapnel wounds. Soldiers yanked off his blood-soaked body armor. He never saw it again.
But last week, Rebrook was forced to pay $700 for that body armor, blown up by a roadside bomb more than a year ago.
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2006020623
/shadowrelm on
So thees is how greedie kut govt spendding republikhans choose to suppurt our troops???
/shadowrelm off
Side Note - Good thing Liberal Bloggers raised 5,000USD for the guy in 2 hours.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001958360
Edited, Wed Feb 8 10:21:56 2006 by bodhisattva
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The guy who taught me how to scuba dive used to be in the special forces. He got out and did regular military duty, and that's when I met him. He spent some time in South America doing drug interdiction stuff. Basically his group went around destroying drug operations. Burning fields of the stuff, blowing up planes, etc. They ended up missing a rendezvous point to get evacced as they got caught in a firefight, during the shooting the Sat-phone he had got shot and basically was ruined. They spent a few months down there MIA using their survival skills till they found a remote US radar station, (basically because they were assumed dead and had no way to contact the military with the phone being wrecked). They made contact, and once their identities were verified they finally got out.
After they were back for a while, recovering and getting some R&R this guy got a bill from the military for 10k for the Sat-phone. They said since it wasn't damaged in an official battle he had to pay for it. He had to fight that for several months before it finally got straightened out. I got the impression that was one of the major factors in him deciding to get out of the special forces. The last I talked to him, he was eagerly awaiting retirement so he could start up a Dive shop.
Unfortunately there is a lot of beuracracy and red tape in the military, and often the supply guys are just going by the book when stuff like this happens. Usually it gets worked out, after jumping through a few hoops. I'm sure this guy will end up getting re-imbursed for the charge he incurred, at least one would hope so.
Edited, Wed Feb 8 10:34:09 2006 by Kakar
After they were back for a while, recovering and getting some R&R this guy got a bill from the military for 10k for the Sat-phone. They said since it wasn't damaged in an official battle he had to pay for it. He had to fight that for several months before it finally got straightened out. I got the impression that was one of the major factors in him deciding to get out of the special forces. The last I talked to him, he was eagerly awaiting retirement so he could start up a Dive shop.
Unfortunately there is a lot of beuracracy and red tape in the military, and often the supply guys are just going by the book when stuff like this happens. Usually it gets worked out, after jumping through a few hoops. I'm sure this guy will end up getting re-imbursed for the charge he incurred, at least one would hope so.
Edited, Wed Feb 8 10:34:09 2006 by Kakar
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
I've only heard stories on the other end of the spectrum...
Friend in college was an ex-ranger, while he was in the service he would on occassion "borrow" anti-tank rockets and blow up voltswagons out in the country. Sounded like good times at least.
He also stated that he had a cache at a friend's house of a lot of shi[b][/b]t he didn't know why he was keeping. Kevlar vest, grenades, C-4, the usual.
Edit: stated this story because it was the most memorable. Known other military staff and they would bring home hordes of gear/weaponry and never get caught or have to pay for it.
Edited, Wed Feb 8 11:48:11 2006 by Kronig
Friend in college was an ex-ranger, while he was in the service he would on occassion "borrow" anti-tank rockets and blow up voltswagons out in the country. Sounded like good times at least.
He also stated that he had a cache at a friend's house of a lot of shi[b][/b]t he didn't know why he was keeping. Kevlar vest, grenades, C-4, the usual.
Edit: stated this story because it was the most memorable. Known other military staff and they would bring home hordes of gear/weaponry and never get caught or have to pay for it.
Edited, Wed Feb 8 11:48:11 2006 by Kronig
I too have an ex-SEAL friend with a small arm & explosives cache that will come in right handy the next time we need to rob a bank. We hand dug and poured a 10x10 concrete bunker with very little room left to walk around in to store the collection. Shooting automatic weapons in the middle of nowhere is fun the first couple of times, but looses it's appeal eventually. The same with blowing up trees with C-4.
His Excellency MoebiusLord wrote:
I too have an ex-SEAL friend with a small arm & explosives cache that will come in right handy the next time we need to rob a bank.
Why wait until you need to?
Oh course he was bloody. Get hit by shrapnel and see how bloody you get.
Kakar the Vile wrote:
He spent some time in South America doing drug interdiction stuff. Basically his group went around destroying drug operations. Burning fields of the stuff, blowing up planes, etc. They ended up missing a rendezvous point to get evacced as they got caught in a firefight, during the shooting the Sat-phone he had got shot and basically was ruined. They spent a few months down there MIA using their survival skills till they found a remote US radar station, (basically because they were assumed dead and had no way to contact the military with the phone being wrecked). They made contact, and once their identities were verified they finally got out.
Sounds like a Clancy Novel/movie.....
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Sounds like a Clancy Novel/movie.....
Yeah it does. That's what I said when he told me about it.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
Because I dont care to start a new thread.
I was just reading that the US army has had 6,000 deserters since the initial invasion of Iraq, whats up with that?
I was just reading that the US army has had 6,000 deserters since the initial invasion of Iraq, whats up with that?
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It could have something to do with the fact that 50,000 soldiers have had their contract involuntarily extended. What's up with that?
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