From: bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 16 2004 - 13:51:48 PST
I thought that was called a Field Upgrade.
Bruce
Ken Boge wrote:
> Back in '69 my Battery CO told the clerk to take his jeep and drive me into
> Saigon to do some business. Parked the jeep and paid a kid to watch it for
> $.50. When we got back the radio was gone. Big radio worth many thousands
> I'm sure. Going to take me years to pay this off. Went to MP station to
> report stolen radio. They said get out'a here we're busy. That evening
> went to hotel parking lot and cruised the lot looking for jeep with similar
> radio. Found one. Jeep has red "license plate" with two gold stars on it.
> Figured owner of jeep makes more money than I do. Take him less time to
> pay it off. Took radio and went back to battery. Clerk changed records to
> reflect new serial number. Haven't caught us yet!
>
> Ken
>
> > If I was there I would be the guy striping the parts so I'm all for that.
> > But there is always more to the story. The Media is inflating the story
> but
> > not the way you think. They are saying the soldiers are convicted for
> > scrounging the parts and while they may have been charge with that too the
> > bigger charges are theft, destruction of Army property and conspiracy.
> They
> > just didn't take some parts they took the trucks, used them and then
> > "Instead of taking the trucks back to their rightful owners, the first
> thing
> > was erasing the identity marks and dumping them off at bases," Lt. Col.
> > Wicker said. "They destroyed it. They did the enemy's job. ... Those
> trucks
> > could be used for other units." And while I don't have all the names, one
> of
> > them was the 656th's company commander, Major Cathy Kaus, and the chief
> > warrant officer, Darrell Birt, two you would think would know better. But
> > I'm not there and all I know is from reading more that the first paragraph
> > so there may still be more to come. Wayne
>
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