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Officials realized a new survey was needed after more large-sized uniforms than expected were needed for troops deploying to Iraq, Blackwell said.
"We were having to dip into war reserves to try to cover those sizes," she said. The Army also had to quickly buy more supplies to cover those deployments, according to the website for its Natick Research Development and Engineering Center, which is conducting the $9.4 million study.
Give me a break, 9 million dollars to figure out what sizes of uniforms the Army should have on hand, no wonder this country is broke
Officials realized a new survey was needed after more large-sized uniforms than expected were needed for troops deploying to Iraq, Blackwell said.
"We were having to dip into war reserves to try to cover those sizes," she said. The Army also had to quickly buy more supplies to cover those deployments, according to the website for its Natick Research Development and Engineering Center, which is conducting the $9.4 million study.
Give me a break, 9 million dollars to figure out what sizes of uniforms the Army should have on hand, no wonder this country is broke
