Word: weaponeer
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...Kim’s information ranges in quality from outdated to laughably incorrect. For example, the M4 carbine is now being fielded to most deploying units, and is not in any way “a specialty weapon mainly issued to elite operators in Special Forces units.” In fact, many SF units are now being issued the HK416. I have personally seen the difference between a well-maintained weapon and a poorly maintained one. In short, the former works. Soldiers who expect to clean their weapon once a week, or only after firing, are begging for disaster...
...Just three days before the Pentagon released its budget request, the Government Accountability Office released a study into how the military buys such weapons. It did not contain good news. "The cost of designing and developing these systems could continue to exceed estimates by billions of dollars if DOD continues to employ the same acquisition practices, including those for quality, as it has in the past," it said. "Excessive scrap, rework, and repair costs, as well as reliability problems impact overall quality and could ultimately present serious consequences on a weapon system's long-term support costs and affordability...
...Criticism of the Army’s weapons procurement system has not been limited to noncombat units or even the Iraqi theatre of operations. In Afghanistan, the M16’s little brother, the M4 carbine, has also been the target of a litany of complaints. A 2006 survey of returning veterans revealed that 19 percent of those who had been issued an M4 had suffered a stoppage during combat, and that almost 20 percent of these users had not been able to clear the jam without assistance. Considering that the M4 is a specialty weapon mainly issued to elite...
...Furthermore, the HK416 is just one component of an already existing gun. Converting the Army’s inventory of M4’s to use the new part would be much cheaper and more cost-effective than buying an entirely new weapons system in the near future, such as the heavily hyped but ultimately disappointing XM29 Objective Infantry Combat Weapon...
...always to return patients’ calls and find some way to give them hope,” D’Amato said in a written statement to The Crimson. “He was a man who put his patients first and used the laboratory as a weapon for them.” Harvard biologist Donald Ingber worked closely with Folkman for more than 20 years. “I don’t know anyone like him. There’s only one person in every generation with all those strengths,” he said...