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    I have a clever colored title now! Heep72's Avatar
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    Default Military gear Question

    I got to thinking about this again last night so I figured I would ask before I forget.
    What does the military do with all of the gear from the soldiers after a major deployment? Obviously there would be thousands of used weapons that might not be in the best of shape to reissue.
    My determination to not strike the first blow, but also to not stand mute and allow myself, and all that I believe in and stand for, to be trampled by men who would deprive me of my God-given, or natural right to suit my own end.

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    They replace the broken or wore out pieces such as springs and parts on the bolt carrier groups.
    They are returned to servicable condition and reissued.

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    what about optics such as trijicon or aimpoint

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    Quote Originally Posted by DD977GM2 View Post
    They replace the broken or wore out pieces such as springs and parts on the bolt carrier groups.
    They are returned to servicable condition and reissued.
    So if the weapons are not able to be reissued by replacing small parts I would guess it gets destroyed.
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    There is this wonderful, magical place on base called DRMO. It is where beat-up gear goes to die, but run like a military flea market. My SSGT used to send me there a lot to try to find spare radio and vehicle parts that we could get for cheap. They just charge it back to your unit. Now if only they would open it up to the public. . .
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    Quote Originally Posted by soldier-of-the-apocalypse View Post
    what about optics such as trijicon or aimpoint
    From what I have seen, you wont want them after the military doesn't want them. Those things are re-issued until they are beat to hell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teufelhund View Post
    There is this wonderful, magical place on base called DRMO. It is where beat-up gear goes to die, but run like a military flea market. My SSGT used to send me there a lot to try to find spare radio and vehicle parts that we could get for cheap. They just charge it back to your unit. Now if only they would open it up to the public. . .
    There are SOME DRMO (Defense Reutilization Marketing Office IIRC) outlets that are open to the public. I remember buying government issue notepads and bound notebooks at the DRMO at Ft. Meade for a fraction of what I would have paid for equivalents at Office Depot or Staples -- but I was careful to keep my DRMO receipt and the pricetags on them so no one would think I was lifting them from supplies at work.

    I used to be registered with the DRMO website but the problem is that they tend to sell things in units of pallets -- except for the handful of retail stores, most of DRMO is push the excess or worn material to surplus stores and other outlets who wanted to buy in mass quantities. IIRC, there's a DRMO over at Ft. Carson but not sure what they carry or how easy it is to get there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter View Post
    I used to be registered with the DRMO website but the problem is that they tend to sell things in units of pallets -- except for the handful of retail stores, most of DRMO is push the excess or worn material to surplus stores and other outlets who wanted to buy in mass quantities. IIRC, there's a DRMO over at Ft. Carson but not sure what they carry or how easy it is to get there.
    Maybe a group buy type of thing for a few pallets of DRMOed goods?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heep72 View Post
    So if the weapons are not able to be reissued by replacing small parts I would guess it gets destroyed.
    The military has many levels of maintenance. a lot of weapons go to depot level where they are completely refurbed. We had a few M2s that had been through several wars. If they cannot be fixed at depot level then they are destroyed.
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