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thornhappy -> RE: Under Bush the troops had no armor (4/10/2010 8:10:58 AM)
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Perhaps it's due to this?
"As reported on Digital Journal: "Supplying non-essential luxuries to big bases like Bagram and Kandahar makes it harder to get essential items to combat outposts and forward operating bases, where troops fighting every day need to be resupplied with ammunition, food and water." By closing up the outlets, the FRAGO’s design is intended to free up storage space, provide secure areas for equipment, and reduce flight and convoy traffic across the country. This action may have made matters worse for soldiers who are on missions during designated chow hall times. At Camp Mike Spann some soldiers have been forced to skip up to three meals a day, and are forbidden to eat Meals Ready to Eat (MRE's) unless they are on an evening mission to save on the lack of available rations. The Chow Hall at Camp Mike Spann is not open 24 hours and civilian and military workers are not happy if anyone attempts to even serve themselves prepackaged bowls of cereal when the cafeteria is not open."
Issues with rations and especially bottled water have been an issue at FOBs for years. That's something the Army should have straightened out long ago, considering they've been there so long. Some shortages, though, can be due to supply routes being shut down.
McChrystal knows all about the Marines sleeping with no shelter (seems like a real problem for site security); take it up with him.
Some this news I've seen in other publications, but I regard digitaljournal with a bit of skepticism, since they appear to have no independed fact checkers (they urge good standards of accuracy, but provide no system to verify it.)
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