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1 month agoThey are the soldiers responsible for operating the missile defense system.
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This tl;dr does not do the article justice. Highly recommend everyone read the article.
There’s no playing dumb about this from a retired COL. This is not some 3 year E-3 in the national guard. He knew what he was doing. Throw the book at him.
Reposting my comment from a duplicate thread:
This article mentions 330 vehicles and 13 containers. By US military terms, that is absolutely nothing. Nothing compared to the equipment we keep stored and maintained in other locations. I feel like the article makes this seem more significant than it is. This is not even a drop in the bucket, let alone enough to call stockpiling as the article does.
The video is a 20 year army vet, now a military journalist. I am active duty Army. I am telling you, there is a process to relieve a soldier of liability in these situations. It is called a FLIPL. It is an investigation to determine if the soldier is at fault.
The link I sent you explains exactly the case you are talking about.
Edit: The whole video is probably too long to expect you to watch, but the key point is that the solution is a FLIPL to determine if the soldier is liable. This is a very common occurrence in the Army.
Soldiers don’t get charged for lost gear in this kind of situation. The military has procedures for relieving service members of liability for this type of loss of equipment. Think of how ineffective the military would be if soldiers had to worry about being liable for losing equipment outside of their control.
That’s not what’s going on here, but okay I guess.
Edit to insert a comment I wrote elsewhere:
In case people aren’t clear, these soldiers are the operators of the additional THAAD system they are deploying to Israel. These aren’t infantry being sent to kick in doors alongside the IDF. THAAD is a ballistic missile defense system with no offensive capabilities. We already have a THAAD unit deployed to Israel.
Don’t be mad because you expect to see headlines saying US Soldiers are killing civilians in Gaza. Be mad because this enhances Israel’s ability to continue escalating conflict with Iran and hiding behind US cover when Iran strikes back.