The Great Armor Flap of 2004

One point overlooked by MSM in the furor created over “hillbilly armor” is what would happen if the 278th hung out in Kuwait for an extended period of time waiting for official up-armor kits. Here’s the answer:

The units we are scheduled to replace would be stuck in Iraq waiting to be relieved. A lot of these units are National Guardsman like ourselves who rolled in last year when things were dicier than they are now. I’d hate to be languishing here in country because some members of the U.S. Army are too prissy to pick up a welding torch and put steel on a vehicle. It’s time for these guys to go home. It’s time for us to take their place. Period.

If we are delayed a year from now because the next rotation is scared of angry family members and Congressional inquiries I (and everyone else in the 278th – especially those complaining about armor) will be highly pissed.