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Para · 03-31-2005, 10:22

I have one of those old mountain rucks, CF-19 if memory serves me. We had those issued to us in the early 90's in the 82nd. We just could not use them because they required a single-point release system and Division didn't have any to issue, so they sat in the bottom of the wall locker. It's kind of hard to ask the Powers That Be to spend the money on new equipment like this when the troops will not/can not use it. Kind of hinders the whole R&D process.

03-31-2005, 10:22	#10
Para Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Bragg, NC Posts: 184	I have one of those old mountain rucks, CF-19 if memory serves me. We had those issued to us in the early 90's in the 82nd. We just could not use them because they required a single-point release system and Division didn't have any to issue, so they sat in the bottom of the wall locker. It's kind of hard to ask the Powers That Be to spend the money on new equipment like this when the troops will not/can not use it. Kind of hinders the whole R&D process. __________________ We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air with all our might and all our strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, What is our aim? I answer in one word: Victory Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Winston Churchill
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