Quoted: i hate it when soldiers ask for free shit all the time. Do what my guys do and fucking buy it or order it through the system. You dont hear me or anyone else bitching about buying acogs and aimpoints or chest rigs. A SS and set of nice rings is under 400$. If that money isint worth it to enhance your lethality or survavability, then you dont need it. Most people in the desert are raking home 4500+ a month.
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Holy cow, dude. It is not acceptable for soldiers to financially support a deployment out of their pockets, no matter how much they are making. Sure, senior NCO's can make some money with incentive pay and tax free status, but the majority of joes can't go around spending their paychecks on gear.
As for the supply system, there just aren't hundreds of scopes and mounts suitable for the M-14's waiting around for lazy soldiers to request. Our BN S4 is a dear friend of mine, I harrass him every day, and I still can't get squat. What I have managed to get has been under the table or come too late to be of much use. Everyone wants something, everything has to be bought or requested, everyone has a priority, everything takes time, everyone wants a justification as to why you should get yours and someone else shouldn't and, generally, few want to work or make people work. Regardless, it shouldn't cost a soldier his cash.