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Does the pentagon consider it a feature that repair knowledge is compartmentalized outside of the combat zone such that it cannot be as easily leaked?
by 1MachineElf 5y ago
Does the pentagon consider it a feature that repair knowledge is compartmentalized outside of the combat zone such that it cannot be as easily leaked?
- austincheney 5y agoNo. Maintenance and repair of a contracted item are governed by the active contract. That means if a soldier steps in to repair the item the military is breaking the contract and the assigned contractors won’t touch that item moving forward. This is problematic because the soldiers in place likely don’t have the dedicated resources to assume full ownership.
- ruined 5y agoit sure would be an unmitigated disaster if the enemy knew how to fix an ac
- shadilay 5y agoNo, contracting as many military functions out as possible was spun as making things 'more efficient' by the Bush administration. Forcing the pentagon to go with the absolute lowest bid has been an enormous source of waste when every contractor goes over budget because they had to lie about how cheap they could do it to get the contract.