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2008-03-28 Afghanistan

Pentagon criticised over contract for company run by 22-year-old

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Posted by john frum 2008-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I suggest they send this young man over to Afghanistan to PERSONALLY apologize to the Afghanis who were issued this worthless crap.

Probably get dragged to death by goats. Or better yet, sent out to face the Talib with the same crappy ammo.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-03-28 00:46|| 2008-03-28 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 And an AK from his source for the ammo. They should work well together, right? /s

Posted by tipover 2008-03-28 01:03|| 2008-03-28 01:03|| Front Page Top

#3 But in awarding contracts, procurement officials appear to have been ~~astonishingly careless ~~easily bribed.~~~~

And there's nothing wrong with surplus ammo. It's not like cartridges go bad, they're not an apple pie.

Posted by gromky 2008-03-28 01:22|| 2008-03-28 01:22|| Front Page Top

#4 In the world of the computer there are a lot of folks (including at DOD) who think all you have to do is make sure the paperwork is right and all is well with the world. Why should anyone have to leave the office to check on these contracts? Inspectors and all those junior folks needed to verify contracts just cost too much money.

Posted by tipover 2008-03-28 01:43|| 2008-03-28 01:43|| Front Page Top

#5 This guy sounds like a figurehead of a cardboard cutout company. Wonder who is behind the curtain operating the levers and where the money goes.

Posted by ed 2008-03-28 01:52|| 2008-03-28 01:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Why can't he send this stuff to the Taliban instead?

A pop-no-fire can blow off the side of your head.

Posted by gorb 2008-03-28 03:47|| 2008-03-28 03:47|| Front Page Top

#7 I've got 40+ year-old ammo for my Springfield Model 1903 and it works just fine. It depends on how good the initial ammo is. Still, I agree with ed. Find out who set him up in business and who the money actually goes to.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-03-28 07:26|| 2008-03-28 07:26|| Front Page Top

#8 The Gansler Report states that military contracting in the war zone is badly broken. The Army contracting officers in the field have been largely replaced by Air Force contracting officers until the Army can get its act together.

The full text of the report can be found

Posted by RWV 2008-03-28 08:18|| 2008-03-28 08:18|| Front Page Top

#9 Army contracting has been a bureaucratic cluster for quite a while. It's a tradition, because the big brass are usually gunnies who are bamboozled by entrenched civil servants [think NEA]. No one is around long enough to chop through the thicket. This is one of those things in which you give the more efficient service the keys to the car and wave goodbye to the others.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-28 09:32|| 2008-03-28 09:32|| Front Page Top

#10 why does this just seem too me that the russian guy running said corp might be a part of the russian mob

Posted by sinse 2008-03-28 16:13|| 2008-03-28 16:13|| Front Page Top

#11 His MySpace profile.

Posted by tipper 2008-03-28 16:42|| 2008-03-28 16:42|| Front Page Top

#12 yep from miami beach , he's legit

Posted by sinse 2008-03-28 18:27|| 2008-03-28 18:27|| Front Page Top

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