COLUMBUS, Ohio - Soldiers in the Ohio National Guard are not being trained with the same equipment they would use if deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the state's adjutant general.We spend close to $600 billion a year on our military - Which doesn't include Bush's $10 billion a month in war supplements - and we still don't have enough money to properly train our Guard troops?
"It's about confidence in soldiers, and the soldiers need to train on the right pieces of equipment so they have confidence in the mission we're asking them to do," Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt said Wednesday.
For example, Wayt said some Army Guard troops will begin three weeks of training starting June 9 using standard-issue M-16 rifles when they would be using shorter, lighter M-4 rifles in the field.
The soldiers also can't train with the type of night-vision goggles or armored vehicles they would use in combat, the Guard said.
Is anybody paying attention to this bullshit?
