Injured Solider forced to pay 700 for blood soaked armor, Freakin BS Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Feb. 8) - A former U.S. soldier injured in Iraq says he was forced to pay $700 for a blood-soaked body armor vest that was destroyed after medics removed it to treat shrapnel wounds to his arm.

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im outraged by something like that! Thats rediculous!

[Jeremy1210]

Well this is a perfect example of how the military and their gear is run. It was like that when I was in. If you lost something you had to pay for a new one. There is a saying "There is only one theif in the Marine Corps, everyone else is just trying to get their stuff back" or "gear adrift is a gift." Meaning you gotta watch your stuff cause it costs $$ to buy a new helmet or flak jacket or gas mask. Plus people want to keep stuff as a souveneir. A buddy of mine lost one of his sheets to his bed and had to buy a new one.


This incident Im sure happened many times before. This time it finally made the paper.

[darksecret]

Well this is a perfect example of how the military and their gear is run. It was like that when I was in. If you lost something you had to pay for a new one. There is a saying "There is only one theif in the Marine Corps, everyone else is just trying to get their stuff back" or "gear adrift is a gift." Meaning you gotta watch your stuff cause it costs $$ to buy a new helmet or flak jacket or gas mask. Plus people want to keep stuff as a souveneir. A buddy of mine lost one of his sheets to his bed and had to buy a new one.


This incident Im sure happened many times before. This time it finally made the paper.

I remember those days we called it "acquiring gear" instead of theft. If you left it in the field that would be one thing, but this is just wrong.