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Coal Dragger
So they were specifically ordered not to bring issued sleep system gear, or they were told they wouldn’t need it? There’s a big difference there.
If that was an order to not bring their sleep system, then the officer responsible for that idiocy needs to be relieved and cashiered out of service. Because that officer is a moron who has no business making decisions about even the most simple things. At that level of decision making you either have plans hammered out and you have things like billeting firmly in place or you don’t, if you don’t you have the Joe’s bring all their gear just in case they need it.
If that was a suggestion or advisement the individual company commander dumb enough to roll with that suggestion needs to be relieved of command. Any officer who’s been around long enough to be a company commander on up should have enough experience to know that plans go sideways. They have also been around long enough to know that higher echelons of command invariably screw you and don’t deliver on logistical support among other things. If those officers haven’t learned those lessons they clearly have not been paying attention and therefore have no business being in command.
From what I was told, the exact language was that they wouldn't need it. The 226th MP BN received an "approved" packing list for D.C. and they sent a company sized unit. They are a subordinate unit to the 93rd Troop Command out of Santa Fe, commanded by a Full Bird Colonel. From the pictures I have seen, a lot of the National Guard units brought none of the regular sleep system equipment.
Last edited by OH58D; 01-22-21 at 23:00.
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