huh?

well i guess this makes sense. they give MULTI MILLION dollar contracts to 22 year olds (22 year olds who sell OLD and non functioning weapons). who gives a flying f**k about our sons and daughters and mothers and fathers and friends who are in the military? not our king or his court. that's fo sho



Contracts for Body Armor Filled Without Initial Tests
Inspections Skipped in 13 Of 28 Deals, Report Finds




By Dana Hedgpeth Washington Post Staff Writer

Government auditors said yesterday that nearly half of 28 contracts to manufacture body armor for Army soldiers were completed without the gear ever going through an initial test.
Nearly $3 billion worth of body armor did not go through early inspections known as "first article testing," or FAT, that are performed before major production to ensure that a company can meet the contract's requirements and to catch any defects, according to a report by the Defense Department's inspector general. Contracting officials say the initial testing is done to save time and money.
"Army contracting officials did not require or perform FAT for 13 of the 28 Army contracts and orders reviewed," the report said. As a result, the Defense Department "has no assurance" that the equipment produced under the 13 contracts "met the required standards," the report said.
Officials with the inspector general's office said its auditors did not test the armor or look for flaws after it was made and put into use. The Army manager who oversees the body armor program told Defense Department officials that "the Army has no evidence of deaths that can be attributed to defective body armor." .....