[TF Kilo]

Being deadlined isn't a big thing. All deadline items are typically "bless-offable" by the commander. Example: Parking brake on humvee doesn't work. Not "SUPPOSED" to drive it. What do you do? Get the TC's ass out, chock the wheel, put 'er in neutral or park depending on tranny, and charlie mike! Or, get a 2x4 with a V notch in each end, and stomp the brake pedal to the floor and wedge the 2x4 between the brake pedal and the steering wheel.

If the vehicle is broken, it didn't happen overnight unless you either a: put it in a ditch or b: went out with a crowbar and had a bashathon under the hood. Either way it's negligence by the unit that their equipment isn't up to par for a mission, and then not coordinating for other vehicles to accomplish the mission is a failure at the XO level. When we didn't have enough rides for some stuff in afghanistan, we borrowed some from another unit. They didn't like the fact they didn't have wheels, but our mission at the time took precidence to their driving around. Someone's going to have shit parked at the motor pool and if it was me, and I had a mission, I'd figure out who's not going to need one for a while, and if need be I'd use the master key aka bolt cutters and I'd go do the mission.

Blasted quitters. I hope that 15-6 investigation finds them all punishable under UCMJ via courts-martial.