[Milsurplus] "Guard relief hurt by obsolete equipment"

Hue Miller kargo_cult at msn.com
Wed Sep 21 04:44:54 EDT 2005


USA Today 9/20/05:

"Last week, Senators Bond (R-Mo.) and Leahy (D-Vt) wrote 
President Bush asking for $1.3 billion to buy new equipment
for the Guard.
Only 34% of the Guard's equipment is available for use in the
USA, the letter said, with the worst shortages in trucks, night-
vision goggles, engineering equipment, and communications
gear. The Guard has historically used hand-me-down equip-
ment from the active duty military. For example, the Army Guard
is using Vietnam era radios while it needs 37,000 newer radios,
according to a recent Guard budget briefing paper posted on 
its website."

Does this mean the Guard is still using PRC-77 ?
-Hue Miller


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