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Finish reading here.11-04-2006
Exposed!! Another "Enabler" In The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex Who Sees To It That America's Grunts Go To The Killing Fields Wearing Inferior Body Armor
By Roger Charles
Ever wonder why our troops cannot get the best-available body armor, and who is responsible for this disgraceful situation? DefenseWatch has identified one more "contributor" to this sad state of affairs -- Colonel D'Arcy E. Grisier, II, USMC (Ret.). Grisier serves as Military Legislative Assistant for the Chairmen of the Senate Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support for Senator John Ensign of Nevada.
Guess which subcommittee of the Senate Armed Serviced Committee has jurisdiction (or, could claim such, if interested) for the body-armor issue? Yep... good ol' Senator Ensign's Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support.
So, who is the key staffer upon which Senator Ensign relies for objective, professional recommendations on issues like "best-available" body armor? Well, if you divined that Colonel D'Arcy E. Grisier, II, USMC (Ret.) has that role, you would be right.
Now it can be told that the earlier article on the August briefings to various staffers on the Hill by "designated liars" from the Army's acquisition mafia did include information from a report put together by Colonel D'Arcy E. Grisier, II, USMC (Ret.).
See: While America's Grunts Bleed & Die Wearing Inferior Body Armor, Army Acquisition Mafia Capos Carry Lies To Congress
Posted below is an email Defense News submitted to Grisier on Oct. 27. The email followed a phone call to Grisier requesting an on-the-record interview about the reasons for Grisier's (and more importantly, his boss's) blindly supporting the Pentagon's specious claims that the issued Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) with its hard-plate approach to ballistic protection is superior to Pinnacle Armor's Dragon Skin with it's flexible design. Grisier passed Defense Watch off to the office flack, Jack Finn, who was in Nevada.
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http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Unlisted.db&command=viewone&id=68
Is this unrealistic expectations or dereliction?