U.S. military considers demolishing its vehicles in Afghanistan

[shootnscoot]

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/03/14/u-s-must-demolish-thousands-of-its-vehicles-in-afghanistan/

"U.S. troops could have to destroy thousands of their own "excess" vehicles in Afghanistan if buyers can't be found and the services don't reverse course on bringing them home, the top U.S. commandeer said Thursday.

The U.S. has been looking to sell about 4,000 vehicles that the services have said are "in excess" of their needs — MRAPs, Humvees, medium trucks and others – to friendly countries but so far there have been few takers, said Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, commander of the coalition and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.

Dunford posed his own question: "What do I do" with that vehicle that has been ruled "in excess" of the needs of the U.S. military? Dunford's solution: "Either it's going to go to some other country or it's going to be destroyed in Afghanistan."

It's already been decided by the Pentagon that Dunford can't just leave the vehicles for the Afghan National Security Forces.

In the case of the MRAPs, the Defense Logistics Agency said late last year that it would cost too much to fix them up, and the Afghans wouldn't be able to maintain them or handle the on-board computers, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Dunford said he currently has about 1,230 excess MRAP (Mine Resistant/Ambush Protected) vehicles, which originally cost about $1 million apiece."

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[forefathersrback]

Really. I have never, ever had anything in "excess" to my needs. I love that my tax paying moolah is potentially going up in smoke. Great info shootnscoot.

 

[Stomper]

It's like pushing all those "excess" aircraft off the ship decks when the Vietnam war wrapped up. The logic is that it costs more to handle/ship the suckers back than what they cost to produce them... Does that mean it's "cheaper" to transport them to the theater of operations in the first place?

NOT!

 

[Mark W.]

Just drive them over to Syria or the Ukraine where ever the next adventure the idiot in charge is going to end up involving us with.

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

Just drive them over to Syria or the Ukraine where ever the next adventure the idiot in charge is going to end up involving us with.

That wouldn't fit his plan for us.

 

[slimmer13]

Id pay shipping for a MRAP.

 

[Stomper]

Id pay shipping for a MRAP.

I hate to think what maintenance and upkeep would cost on such a beastie!

On the other hand, I'd dig having an old M151A1 1/4-ton truck (jeep) with soft-top kit!

 

[JohnnyD]

I think a big factor in this is the tensions with Russia. We have used Russia to transport troops and equipment into Afghanistan. With all the trade sanctions we are going to enforce on them coming up monday over their hostile acts in the Ukraine I'm sure they won't be letting us use the route we have been using.

 

[Caveman Jim]

I hate to think what maintenance and upkeep would cost on such a beastie!

On the other hand, I'd dig having an old M151A1 1/4-ton truck (jeep) with soft-top kit!

I worked on many of them back in the day.....

 

[Stomper]

I've gotten them buried (and stuck) in mud 4' deep and burned through THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of rounds with a pintle mounted M60 in Central America, driven them over 15' tall logging slash-piles in Germany, forded across 5' deep streams with the snorkel kit while standing on the floor boards... Good times!


(OK, back on topic.... Sorry)

 

[whiskeybill]

They do it after every conflict to some degree or another.

 

[clearconscience]

Just another lesson not learned from the past. Same thing russia did when they left and then the terrorist used everything they could against us 20 years later.

Just another huge cost the tax payers fronted and the govt mismanaged and wasted.
I think if someone really dug in and looked at all the money taken from saddam, and wasted or stolen in iraq and afghanistan we would be able to give every American about $10 million bucks.

 

[PBinWA]

Just another lesson not learned from the past. Same thing russia did when they left and then the terrorist used everything they could against us 20 years later.

Just another huge cost the tax payers fronted and the govt mismanaged and wasted.
I think if someone really dug in and looked at all the money taken from saddam, and wasted or stolen in iraq and afghanistan we would be able to give every American about $10 million bucks.

Or at least pay for their healthcare for a year.

 

[Bam]

I'd gladly take a humvee off their hands.

 

[Stomper]

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Dibs! This is my pick!
I might need help changing a tire... physically and monetarily.

MT... Your current avatar is KILLING ME!! LMAO!!!

 

[Stomper]

<<<<---Hahaha, pic was taken at a nice bed & breakfast in Taghaz.

They had a place to bag yesterday's lunch too!

LMAO... A hot bag-lunch for the flies... Who says you can recycle/repurpose in-theater?

 

[Classic]

Yup we can just replace the Humvee's when they get back with new ones..............
Oh wait.... GM aint building them any more and gee, they were only 100K plus each.
Leave it to an administration known for it's WASTE, FRAUD and ABUSE of the American taxpayer.

I wonder how Odumbo is going to blame destroying them on Bush? Totally pathetic

 

[RicInOR]

Too much of war surplus is ending up in the hands of local law enforcement.

 

[cookie]

The whole middle is a waste of money and I hold all those partaking in the waste of $$$ responsible.