The funding problem isn't caused by the NS procurement programs - blokes walking up mountains in the dark carrying 90lbs of gear with the soles of their boots held on with electrical tape was happening long before steel was cut for a P60...
The funding problem isn't just something that can be blamed on politicians and anti-defence CS in the DOD - recently I asked on here about what kind/sized deployments would be best for the development of DF skills and doctrine. The answers I got, from serving soldiers, were about what would be cheapest.
Truth is, some of the attitudes you complain about lie closer to home than some like to think...
The funding problem isn't just something that can be blamed on politicians and anti-defence CS in the DOD - recently I asked on here about what kind/sized deployments would be best for the development of DF skills and doctrine. The answers I got, from serving soldiers, were about what would be cheapest.
Truth is, some of the attitudes you complain about lie closer to home than some like to think...
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