Gates Wraps Up Afghanistan Visit With New Insights – DefenseLink – 8 May 09
“…As he returns to Washington, Gates said, he has some new issues to look into to ensure equipment hits the ground at the same time as the newly arriving troops who rely on it.
“Gates said he was ‘struck by the comments made by some of the captains and first sergeants at lunch about the lag between some of the equipment and the troops that are coming in.’
” ‘So that is something that I need to pursue when I get back, to see if there is some way we can make some adjustments and correct that,’ he said…”
Newsletter comment: Nothing like being deployed to a war zone without your equipment! Nice planning for this ‘surge’!
