Reminds me what one of my nephews told me about his deployment to A-stan with 82nd a couple years back. All their gear, minus what they were carrying, was sent over via shipping containers into a port in Pakistan. The supposed agreement Pakistan had with the US was that they would provide ground transport from the port city into A-stan. No US military were allowed to escort the containers through Pakistan. When my nephew's unit got their containers delivered, they opened them up to find nothing but rocks. All radios, NODs and such were gone.
Now I know that sounds like one hell of a tall tale because you would think there is no way the US government would ever agree to something so stupid. You'd expect heads to roll and all kinds of flak to come out over something of this magnitude, especially in a war zone. However, I know I'm just a simple Team Sergeant and all, but I have come across several bizarre instances in both theaters that were so beyond the pale that I end up asking, "WTF?"
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