Military gear Question

[Teufelhund]

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. . .

[Aloha_Shooter]

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.

[DD977GM2]

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?

[RonMexico]

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.

Once took a ton of computers and office furniture there. Didn't see anything cool. We also took 80 Vietnam flaks there. Honestly most of it crap.

[Ronin13]

Busted ass weapons are usually refurbished as much as possible- if they're not great but can still fire, sometimes they end up in BCT armories... My issued M-16 in Basic was a M-16A1 stamped to A2 but it still fired F/A when I went to "burst". That was fun! But it was still a POS.

Even if they're run like hell and treated like shit by soldiers who don't know the difference between an M1114 and a hole in the ground when it comes to maintenance, I still want a retired HMMWV (slant back) to fix up and turn into a nice work vehicle/trail rig.

[Heep72]

Does anyone think that would be a cool job to refurb weapons? I do!

[cofi]

I still want a retired HMMWV (slant back) to fix up and turn into a nice work vehicle/trail rig.

that or a m35