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This has been the case in almost every war we have fought.The problem with the military acquisition process is that it reactionary in nature. Its hard to get the beancounters to spend money on things that might be. Tactics is somewhat the same, although to a lesser degree since we have more control over those at lower levels.

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Folks who, for whatever reason, can't lay claim to military service will never understand this.

Folks who, in spite of their claims otherwise, don't have high regard for the military will never accept this.

Folks who love to scream about troops not having this, that or the other (after the fact), IMO, are the same ones who scream about the gigantious sums being "poured" into the DOD's coffers.