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Foolish to not properly use our U.S. military

Alan J. MacGeachie Jr. Preston

Publication: The Day

Published 09/02/2010 12:00 AM
Updated 09/02/2010 02:03 AM

After watching the new movie, "Restrepo," I must say that if Secretary of Defense Robert Gates really wants to save the military's money, get rid of all the contractors who are overpaid who work on military bases and ports and replace them with our U.S. soldiers.

Now we hear contractors are running ranges and the ranges are not being run by soldiers. We have many experienced combat soldiers who could do well training our new recruits on the weapons ranges. They know all about Iraq and Afghanistan - "Been there, done that."

Our soldiers have the background to teach well what they know firsthand. Please, let's use our veteran active-duty troops on these rangers, not contractors. It's a way top rebuild our precious U.S. military again.

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