tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post1907447582429948152..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: The U.S. Military Sucks At R&DAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-68909227819960110232020-12-22T20:49:09.297-07:002020-12-22T20:49:09.297-07:00Hum...
Maybe we don't trust our military so w...Hum...<br /><br />Maybe we don't trust our military so we shackle it with rubegoldbergian procurement laws? I've got some stories... we needed 75 3/4"x4" galvanized bolts for an antenna tower up in Iraq. When it showed up it was three pallets of bolts. And because they were ordered 'expedite' the three pallets were flown in on a C-5B. Four years I went back to that base and there big sand dune in the cable yard. I kicked around and it was that three pallets. And this sort of stuff happens all the time<br /><br />Cheers,<br />GuyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789570230699865921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-14234984191289475352020-12-22T11:05:34.734-07:002020-12-22T11:05:34.734-07:00I am not so sure they suck at "R&D",...I am not so sure they suck at "R&D", but they certainly suck at "procurement".Dave Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355264650239868491noreply@blogger.com