Guardsmen train with wrong equipment

[sabra]

Source: AP

COLUMBUS (AP) — Soldiers in the Ohio National Guard are not being trained with the same equipment they would use if deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the state’s adjutant general.

“It’s about confidence in soldiers, and the soldiers need to train on the right pieces of equipment so they have confidence in the mission we’re asking them to do,” Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt said Wednesday.

For example, Wayt said some Army Guard troops will begin three weeks of training starting June 9 using standard-issue M-16 rifles when they would be using shorter, lighter M-4 rifles in the field.

The soldiers also can’t train with the type of night-vision goggles or armored vehicles they would use in combat, the Guard said.


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[zbdent]

1. I would bet money that not one of those training on "wrong" (outdated?) equipment

is a grandson of a Senator and the son of a future Vice/President ... so I bet that they aren't going to be able to spin their running away from being called into duty by saying "Well, I was trained on outmoded equipment which was being phased out ..."

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. just 'cannon fodder' to Bush and his neocon chickenhawk cronies!

[Dhalgren]

3. Cannon fodder for our entire government. It isn't just "one party rule" anymore...