| | AGING MILITARY EQUIPMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | He went on to note that, as a result of having to operate and maintain old equipment, he had to invest $309 million on the now27-year-old amphibious assault vehicle in order to keep it operational until the advanced amphibious assault vehicle is fully funded in 2012. |
 | | We are counting on this equipment to get the job done and bring our men and women back home to their families safely, defending this country in the meantime. |
 | | It may or may not apply, depending on what type of equipment it is. And then the second thing we do is we offer it to other countries, under the Foreign Military Sales, and then, of course, we turn it to the property disposal folks if there are no takers. |
| commdocs.house.gov /committees/security/has055200.000/has055200_0.HTM (16690 words) |