The fact that military men are often prohibited from maintaining their own damn equipment because of obscenely cronyist contracts genuinely shocked me the first time I heard about it. How the fuck are you supposed to fight a war if you have to wait for a licensed contractor technician to be sent over every time you need something fixed?
That's obviously a decision to prevent armies going rogue. If a division is self sufficient than that general can easily coup the government. No doubt that's how it was sold at first anyway.
The fact that military men are often prohibited from maintaining their own damn equipment because of obscenely cronyist contracts genuinely shocked me the first time I heard about it. How the fuck are you supposed to fight a war if you have to wait for a licensed contractor technician to be sent over every time you need something fixed?
"Your puny AR-15 can't do anything against a tank!"
"I'm sorry, sir, but all of our tanks are stuck in the garage. The civilian technicians keep...disappearing."
That's obviously a decision to prevent armies going rogue. If a division is self sufficient than that general can easily coup the government. No doubt that's how it was sold at first anyway.