From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue Jun 29 2004 - 22:32:29 PDT
Two cannibals sit down to the table to eat their latest catch. "How are we
going to eat this guy equally?" wonders one cannibal. "I know", says the
other. "You start at the feet, and I'll start at the head, and we'll met in
the middle." "OK" he says, "That sounds fair"
A few minutes later, the first cannibal says "How are you doing, down
there?" The other cannibal says "Great!!! I'm havin' a ball!"
The first cannibal says "You're eating too fast!"
----- Original Message -----
From: <dodgew200@mchsi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] CANIBALS
> The Navy does the same thing with it's aircraft. Too many times I've come
back
> from a deployment only to be told to rape, rob and strip full FMC jets so
the
> parts could go to a squadron that is deploying. THen we have a hanger full
of
> parts bins.....a few that actually can fly. the fun part is...each
aircraft has
> to fly within a certain number of days...so the big game of fix one jet so
it
> can fly ONCE...then rob all the parts back out and put them in yet ANOTHER
jet
> so it can fly....ONCE...and over and over and over...
>
> It's not so bad now...but cannabalization is and allways will be part of
ANY
> military mainteneance organization....no matter what anybody says...
>
> Lurker Rob
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>
> > I have been watching ..and trying to stay out of the subject of
> > cannibalizing Military Vehicles.....
> > a subject I am very informed on. For years....too many to admit to...I
have
> > been right in the middle of the cannibalization of vehicles for the US
> > Army..
> > I guess you all have never heard of a "CANN POINT" ..?? What do you
think it
> > is..?? It is a place, near a Maintenance Shop, that is used for the
storage
> > of un-used - broke down - red-lined and various vehicles that may or may
not
> > be complete. Repair of these vehicles is not economically feasible.
When a
> > Battery, Company, Battalion...or whoever ...If they need a part from one
of
> > the vehicles at a "cann point"... They will send a "Authorized" parts
> > scrounger there to get whatever part they need...he/or she - must have
> > written authorization to get into the "point"...except in COMBAT
AREAS....
> > Sometimes, most of a vehicle will go with the scroungers. This has been
> > going on in the Army since the Last Supper..and will continue forever
and a
> > day... Without cannibalization, combat areas, and line operations could
come
> > to a screeching halt. Ordering parts in Iraq, and receiving them in a
timely
> > manner is out of the question... My old Unit..which I am in constant
touch
> > with....does not order parts. They are removed from various "deadlined"
> > vehicles. If there is no part available on any of the vehicles at a cann
> > point...then the dead vehicle winds up there as a "parts bin"....
> > This is how it is done gents..like it or not. It save thousands of
> > dollars...not to mention the expedience of getting a vehicle back in
> > action.......
> > I have actual photos and films of a Unit in the Korea War...doing just
what
> > I am talking about. Why do you think busted up vehicles - to include
> > tanks...were hauled back to a certain holding area...? It was for
> > cannibalization...at the cann point. !! out here..................Gene
> >
> >
> >
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