Now, I understand the issues coming from the top down, and don't even wish to comment on SOP and procurement and who really makes the decisions that affect soldiers' lives... but
If I had been restricted to the standard issue kit, I'd most likely be dead, along with a bunch of my mates. We used what we were comfortable with using, even if it didn't come from Supply. Looking down from the ivory towers, it's all well and good to say that soldiers and their gear should be interchangable and uniform, but looking up from the mud at someone who is dead-set on killing you, it's reassuring to know that you geared up that day with everything that YOU know you need to survive, not just what you've been told to use.
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*sigh*
Date: 2006-01-18 12:07 am (UTC)If I had been restricted to the standard issue kit, I'd most likely be dead, along with a bunch of my mates. We used what we were comfortable with using, even if it didn't come from Supply. Looking down from the ivory towers, it's all well and good to say that soldiers and their gear should be interchangable and uniform, but looking up from the mud at someone who is dead-set on killing you, it's reassuring to know that you geared up that day with everything that YOU know you need to survive, not just what you've been told to use.