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In reply to the discussion: 'There Is Such Fuckery Going on Here': Russian Soldiers 'Revolting' as They Get Stiffed on Ukraine P [View all]sarge43
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They don't maintain themselves. That takes a long line of grunts putting in the never ending duty 'day'.
My late husband, retired munition maint tech, told me that in Nam he put in fourteen hours, a day in the long line just prepping and getting the gobangs out to the flight line. Then another bunch of grunts had to load and arm them ... very, very carefully. That was in his spare time; otherwise he spent quality time making sure those bad boys were safely asleep until they didn't have to be.
Infantry is known as the Queen of Battle. Fair enough, but logistics is the engine of battle and people are its fuel. If there isn't enough fuel to ensure Her Majesty has her bling, she's got nothing.