US Soldiers add Steel plating to Humvee

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So we give 200 billion to Ukraine and this is what we are providing to our Military. This is actually sickening

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Truer words were never spoken. The current administration cares much more for Ukraine than they do for our own Military. Sickening doesn't do it justice.

Edit... didn't realize the video was old. Point is still valid, though, is it not? They couldn't find the money to properly equip vehicles back then... yet now they seemingly have a bottomless pit of money to send to Ukraine? I can only hope they that have the same bottomless pit of money to properly equip our own troops wherever they may be. If that makes sense.

Well, he told that in an amusing way, but the lesson was far from amusing.

There's not a single piece of our government, not even the DOE, that needs to be torn down and rebuilt more than the Pentagon. Every sector of it is rife with fraud and incompetence, and it never gets better.

That’s Iraq, 2005-2006.

The point still stands. We send 200 billion to Ukraine but leave our soldiers with equipment like that...Regardless when it was

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This has since been rectified with MRAPs and up armored vehicles.

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I feel better now. Thanks for the information

No the point doesn't stand you disingenuously posted that the money going to ukraine was forcing our troops to use hillbilly armor, where this is from like 2005. Keep on moving the goal post though. Just admit it you are wrong on this.

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simply not true

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I updated the OP. Still sickening we had our soldiers piece mealing equipment like that

We should provide our military with the best possible equipment, but sometimes, that gets redefined as a concept meets reality. That was the case encountered by the troops back when the segment was filmed. The US began to rapidly uparmor the Humvees when it became apparent they were not appropriate to the conditions on the battlefield.

We're witnessing the same evolution in Ukraine on both sides of the conflict.

Hindsight is 20/20.

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If soldiers were injured or killed. Could they or the families sue the government for doing that?

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Of course not

ETA: Do you know anything about military history? Soldiers have been adding their field improvised armoring since the dawn of time. Every log strapped to a Sherman tank, every foxhole ever dug, and every chainmail link represents soldiers trying to protect themselves and better their chances of survival.

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That is literally two uniform patterns ago (ucp, then ocp). If you're gonna get pissed about something this is not it.

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Has incompetence in Pentagon planning, budgeting, purchasing, and execution been markedly improved or worsened since 2004?

I'm fine not worrying about it if we've fixed all that stuff.