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The next person who says "The TV is fine for support troops/non-combat arms" should be put on C&P. CSS troops DO NOT NEED WEBBING to carry on with their work, I just went to the orderly room and suprisingly enough none of the clerks were wearing their webbing at their desks, and none of the...

Now, I know this is going to sound completely crazy, but is it possible that they WERE originally supposed to be disposable, and we just didn't use the kit the way it was supposed to be used, in order to, well,  save money?

Hmm, I've never had a problem getting THOSE items through the supply system. The friendly staff over in stores have always been more than happy to supply me with all the socks and pencils I ask for, and the issued socks and undies are actually good, too. I don't know how I ever got out of bed...

They didn't ASK to be rescued, especially not in a violent manner and none of their friends asked for them either, so why should they have to pay anything? They went into the country knowing fully the risks involved, I don't see anything intellectually inconsistent with their actions. The...

Not a quip at this incident in particular, more of a general comment on religious rationales. I think we spend too much time  reconcilling religious theory (Be it the Bible, Koran, or whatnot) with the actions of extremists and thugs in general. Religion by definition is an explanation to the...

No kidding. "The shiny thing, I want it."

Why don't you just go to the store and try it on?

So you need "proof" that you/your husband ARE security threats?  :D I thought our army was ass-backwards......

Would you believe that I have honestly run out of original material on the subject of Tac vests?

Oh you know me. Thread like this are like machine gun ranges: The most important thing is to have fun.

If Delta wants to wear Oakleys, that's their business........

Start working on a handlebar moustache and take up chewing tobacco.

CFL: I kept the ones with the weapons, dunno about the MEC pants though, never noticed that on the first go around. In any case it is well know that the Brit L1192 or whatever they call it is a C8 with fancy sights and stuff so it just proves that they are Brits.

He didn't say "represent" the troops, as in actually involving currently serving members, although I can see how it might be interpreted as such. I think Espririt De Corps magazine would be along the lines of what he means. What good would civillian organizations do as long as vonGarvin/Gordon...

According to world.guns.ru, FN FAL weights 4.45kg empty, compared to 3.77kg for M16A2. Add ~1 kg for the C79 sight, no bayonet needed.

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that I had lugged a C1 around in the field. All these weapons were withdrawn before I was born(I think). I have thrown around the C1/C2 civvy side and during foreign weapons lectures only. Also, as I understand the infantry stopped using the footborne C5 somewhat...

and what, pray tell, would that heavier weapon be? Surely not the FN C1 (basically same weight as C7 with sight), or C2 (MUCH lighter than C9)? I admit I've never seen a C5, does it weigh more than a C6?

Come along now vonGarvin, you know as well as the rest of us that JTF-2 can and often do operate as essentially light infantry with beards and long hair, and they sure as heck would not use something as silly as our issued TV. If JTF-2 is too high speed for you, try the 75th Ranger Rgmt, or any...

You mean a modular one? :D To the credit of the naysayers, i must admit that the technological and engineering advances in personal load bearing equipment has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last few years, witness what the Americans were wearing in Afghan in 2001/2(not too different from...

I just can't understand this. If I have to buy my own vest, why does that automatically mean I leave the issued one at home? Can't I bring both of them?