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sucks for me. base hospital has awkward hours now, and the commissary is closed 2 days out of the week. not to mention, the mechanics that keep our equipment up and running are no long able to retain shelf stock. so, if something as simple as a fucking headlight blows on my truck, i have to wait a week or more for it to be ordered, approved for purchase, shipped, received, signed for, etc etc..you can guess the process. the entire time, i'm either having to deadline my truck and having to have it signed off to drive, or we're pulling parts off other trucks, therefore dead lining them. my equipment is a brigade asset; its the only one. without it, no one can make calls, have internet, you name it; turns into a big fucking headache if something happens. god forbid a major component goes out and we don't have a spare.
there's plenty of other things going on like construction being halted until they can figure out whats going to happen with rearranging BCTs and shifting around personnel, or having to surcharge commissary customer's to fund the new..desperately needed one(JRTC spent the allocated money elsewhere a few years ago i was told). but having mission capable equipment is the biggest problem for me. in my field..its just simply not an option. its another thing to add to the daily grind.
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