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Originally Posted by alleramilitaria
watch,
the jobs will be subcontracted out and the rigs will sit on some post someplace. then in 2-5 years the trucks will be sold at about 1/4 of the purchas price.
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While they may fill the drivers seats with civilian drivers so that the few remaining military guys can go do more tours in Afgh, I can assure you that the Cdn forces does not release any vehicle until it is well past it's prime.
As to that microwave, I can only imagine that some bean counter is figuring that they can reduce the meal claims of the driver's since they have now been provided with a kitchenette.
The discussion about the khaki color earlier brought up some good points. Normally, the trucks would be white, although I have seen tractors supplied to the service bns in khaki. So unless these trucks are heading that way, I suspect it may be as much a recruiting scheme as anything else. "Join the army and drive a cool green truck" will be the thought of the impressionable young man watching this monster roar by with a LAV on the back deck. Little does he know that cool green truck will be the -5 degree cab of an MLVW on the trans-Canada highway in February.