Stuart, I'll leave you with this thought as my goal was not annoy people but rather to educate on how the system works, for good, bad or otherwise.
Although it seems expensive to haul kit around, staffs still cost money, and MOUs, contracts etc still require staffs, legal advisors and all sorts of churn to make things happen.
Having had to plan events similar in scope and scale to this one, sometimes there is only so much one can do, leaving you with enough time and resources to pluck the "low hanging fruit".
As you can see though, if the MV group is organized, a lot of this pain can be alleviated.
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Gone but never forgotten: Sgt Shane Stachnik, Killed in Action on 3 Sept 2006, Panjwaii Afghanistan
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