We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/dragon_skin_and.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:02:16 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I just can't leave it alone. Neither can Cassandra. WASHINGTON - The system for delivering badly needed gear to Marines in Iraq has failed to meet many urgent requests for equipment from troops in the field, according to an internal document obtained by The Associated Press. Of more than 100 requests from deployed Marine units between February 2006 and February 2007, less than 10 percent have been fulfilled, the document says. It blamed the bureaucracy and a "risk-averse" approach by acquisition officials. Another little gem, this time by a contractor, Titus Casazza, president of LE Systems: "The bureaucrats and lab... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/dragon_skin_and.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/dragon_skin_and.html Fri, 25 May 2007 08:00:17 -0600 i'm surprised the laser dazzlers ever made it past TJAG, in light of {heh, made a funny} Geneva/Hague prohibitions on blinding weapons. such was the fate of an earlier system i was a little tangential too in an early job. (still have my DEW patch as a souvenier) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/dragon_skin_and.html#comment-60399 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/05/dragon_skin_and.html#comment-60399 Fri, 25 May 2007 10:40:40 -0600