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Ray,
The verbiage in the e-mail from AMG is identical to the letter to the CT DMV
that I have a copy of. He did however leave out the part requesting the CT
DMV to rescind any issued ones and to deny all future. Hmmm. Thanks for
the e-mail and contact.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Rayfield , Robert S Jr Mr DUSA-IA/Techmatics
<RayfieldRS@hqda.army.mil>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: [MV] FW: Surplus Humvees
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> To all hands:
> I wrote AM General to see what they were saying, my query and their
response
> is listed below for you, and the POC should you desire to email them
> further:
>
> R. S. Rayfield, Jr.
> Maj USMC (Ret)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig MacNab [mailto:cmcnab@amgeneral.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 10:44 AM
> To: RayfieldRS@hqda.army.mil
> Subject: Surplus Humvees
>
>
> Mr. Rayfield:
>
> To the best of my knowledge, AM General Corporation has NOT been actively
> contacting state DMVs to discourage them from licensing military Humvees
> sold to the public. (I can't speak for all of our dealers.) If you could
be
> specific about the source of your understanding, I might be able to
provide
> a better response.
>
> Anyone who asks me about surplus military Humvees receives the following
> response:
> "AM General Corporation, manufacturer of the M998 Series, High Mobility
> Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV, or Humvee(r)), does not endorse or
> support the sale of these vehicles to the general public or private
> entities. AM General further opposes any use of these military vehicles by
> individuals or entities outside of the military context for which the
> vehicles were designed. AM General Corporation does not sell the military
> vehicle or service parts for the military vehicle to the general public."
>
> A search of my e-mail files indicates that I sent this statement to one
DMV
> (Florida) in response to a request for information about a specific
military
> vehicle. I only make the quoted statement in response to queries.
>
> It should be readily apparent why AM General takes this position on
surplus
> military vehicles, but if you have any questions, please call me at (219)
> 284-2929.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Craig C. Mac Nab
> Director, Public Relations
> AM General Corporation
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rayfield , Robert S Jr Mr DUSA-IA/Techmatics
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 10:28 AM
> To: 'cmacnab@amgeneral.com'
> Subject: HUMVEE
>
> It is my understanding that AM General is actively contacting the
department
> of motor vehicles of individual states to disuade them from licensing
> government surplus HMMWV's ("Humvee's") sold to by the government to the
> public. We have been made aware of this and would like you to confirm or
> deny this, and if you confirm this, would like AMG's official reasoning
> behind this.
>
> R. S. Rayfield, Jr.
>
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