Article: 62593 of sci.geo.satellite-nav From: Carsten Kurz Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: Some Soldiers Dump Military Equipment in Favor of Civilian GPS Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 01:21:39 +0100 Organization: Audio Visual Systems Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3E484213.AC661440@t-online.de> References: <3E46F038.65E7C08C@mchsi.com> <20030209204152.00814.00000242@mb-de.aol.com> <5aE1a.29241$5x6.157982@news20.bellglobal.com> Reply-To: audiovisual@t-online.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1044922905 06 5907 1cKfECcSS2aTul 030211 00:21:45 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 520040490782-0002@t-dialin.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [de]C-CCK-MCD DT (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: de Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.vmunix.org!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:62593 > Why is the military buying equipment for its soldiers if they just > turn around and get more useful stuff from a WalMart down the street? > Maybe it would be better if the government just gave them a uniform, a > list, and a budget and let the individual soldier buy the gear himself > on the supposedly free market. LOL! - Carsten -- Audio Visual Systems fon: +49 (0)2238 967926 Carsten Kurz fax: +49 (0)2238 967925 Fasanenweg 38a email: audiovisual@t-online.de 50259 Pulheim / Germany WGS84:N50°58'44.7" E06°47'03.5"