Santa's List

I just couldn’t stop laughing when I came into the living room and saw Mr. Hottie on the couch with his Inventory List.  I asked him if he was going over his Naughty or Nice list.  He didn’t see the humor……but than nothing is humorous when he is going over gear issued over a year ago, especially stuff he never uses because like all good Marines, he has his OWN stuff he prefers but he still has to leave with it, keep track of it in a hostile, crazy, dirty, and dangerous environment and hope to return with it all, because we all know that gear issued costs a million times more than gear you can buy!!!! It is also frustrating because NOTHING is supposed to break during the year on the Battlefield and somehow be in great condition to turn in.  The Government thinks you go to the Battlefields and sit the whole time in a clean perfect weather environment I s’pose…..these people that decide what gear should look like on return need to actually wear the stuff for atleast 6 months out in the elements. Just an idea….but like all good ideas for the military it will never be utilized…..sigh……sooooo, anyways, he was not finding any humor…..but I still laughed……hahahahahahahahahaha!!! And, when all was said and done everything was there, some stuff still in their original packages.