MY RIDES BETTER THEN YOURS!

Today I want to take a few minutes to make a serious complaint. Ok I’m here in the sandbox with everyone. Yes there is a lot of money now for over here. But it has gotten out of control. My company chooses to be cheap and use Military vehicles to save money. This is the right thing to do. But other companies, contractors, and soldiers (mainly high ranking officers) are abusing the system. They are getting these leased vehicles which are running 21,000-28,000 a year! You could actually buy a new vehicle for that much. They say its is for the service and insurance. Ok here we go. If you buy a new vehicle here in IRAQ say for the cost above and drive it and wreck it what are you out? I mean let us be honest. Services for the whole year might cost you 1500.00 at a max. Just change the Oil and keep it going. There is no reason a new vehicle should break down in the first year. I see this as a huge waste. And seeing what they are driving makes me even sicker. Vehicles normally not used in the states as much due to the cost, like H2O’s…. Give me a break! You won’t drive a military HMMV but you will drive the civilian version, which cost 2X more! Then we got the guys rolling in Excursions, F250-350 quad-cabs. Come on people! We have 1-2 guys rolling in these huge gas guzzlers hauling what? 2 bodies! That’s it! I can’t believe how much money is being wasted. And all I hear is well we got 81 billion dollars or whatever it was. That money should not be wasted on all this. We are in a combat zone. And its really killing me seeing these officers rolling around in these vehicles. If you’re a soldier you should be in a military vehicle doing your mission. I see no reason why all these vehicles are being used. It is a complete waste of tax payer’s money. Right now I’m feeling like I am the good guy, because I am driving that HMMV, but in a few months when it hits 130-140 outside, I’ll be wishing I was in once of those leased vehicles with Air Conditioning!