R&T DASA. Mr Steve Scharf Poor Performance

I will never understand why DOD civilians who are former military ignore our troops call for help. Actually I do know why but I do not like to admit the real reason for their do-nothing performance. Mr. Scharf promised Militec a meeting for months. Then days before the "long awaited meeting" his boss Dr. Marilyn Miller Freeman's mother became ill so the meeting was postponed. Since we were advised (next posting) Mariln Miller Freeman's mother was sick, Mr. Steven Scharf has ignored Militec and the volume of warfighter emails calling for help.

There are so many folks working at DOD, the DOD has become neutered. Plus, there are few if any true patriots left in its swollen ranks. Meaning, job before country is more important than anything else which is why our troops still do not have the best gear; even though the budget is out of control.

The great generation (thank GOD for them) would have never acted the way Steven Scharf has performed. If these folks do not help troops in combat, then why are they getting paid big bucks while they double and triple dip in uncle sam's broken bank accounts?

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Caveats: FOUO

Brad & Russ--

Sorry that this has taken so long to work through, as different

organizations have been compiling their historical data to see what will

prove appropriate as a path forward.

As Russ and I discussed last week, this task has transferred to our R&T

DASA. Mr Steve Scharf, above, is working the issue for Dr Marilyn Miller

Freeman, our DASA R&T.  He will provide further follow-up on the Army

position.

V/R

Steve Love

----- Original Message -----

From: Bradley P. Giordani <blockedmailto:militec@militec1.com> 

To: Love, Steven B Mr CIV USA ASA ALT

<blockedmailto:steven.b.love@us.army.mil> 

Cc: Russ Logan <blockedmailto:russalogan@gmail.com>  ; Brad Paul Giordani

<blockedmailto:militec@militec1.com> 

Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:01 AM

Subject: Fw: MILITEC-1 (UNCLASSIFIED)/DONE

Steven,

I followed up with you last  Wednesday (message below) to see when a meeting

can be arraigned. Your message to us dated  September 1, 2011 is pasted

below: 

Steven Love wrote: "Glad to make your acquaintance. I look forward to

figuring out this request

and how it proceeds. Bear with us as we do some initial background work to

set

the stage for the 'next step' in the discussion. Will be in touch."

I have pasted below (in green) six recent and (unfortunately) redacted

emails from soldiers. We have received over 30,000 warfighter email requests

(since OEF) for our synthetic dry lube  and supplied over 750,000 bottles to

warfighters at no cost.

May we please have the meeting?

Brad P. Giordani

President

Militec Inc

www.militec.com 

(1) Sir/ Mam,

I am a platoon sergeant in XX Co, XXXX, 101st ABN DIV. The company I am with

is starting training for the next deployment. We have 200 Soldiers in our

company, we have M-4's, 240B machine guns, .50 cals, and M-19s. We have a

lot of company size ranges coming up in the next couple of months. Your

support is greatly appreciated. My address is XXXX, Clarksville, TN 37042.

This is my home address but I want to ensure that the militec-1 gets to the

right Soldiers. My phone number is (931) XXXX

(2) My name is SGT Dennis XX earier today I spoke with Russ concerning

getting some of your product for my unit who has never heard of it before.

It would be greatly appreciated if you could send some to me to provide for

my soldiers in my Field Artillery Unit at Ft. Sill. You can reach me at

253-xxxx. The shipping address is xxxxxx, Lawton OK,  Thank You for your

support.

(3) Hi I am writing to see if you guys still provide refill bottles of

miltec to

 deployed soldiers. I received some on my last deployment in 08 and ran out

 just before arriving in country this time. Thanks for your time and for all

 your company's support.

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

(4) Sirs

When we shipped into country the crew served weapons we had to ship over in

containers were full of rust and it took several days of hard work to get

them cleaned and working correctly again. Having heard a lot of good things

about Militec and the ability to stop and or prevent rust I thought I would

ask for your help. As the cost of this will be coming out my own pocket, I

still do not want rust on our weapons again, that just is not right. The CLP

that we use does not even come close to doing the job. Please help!

 SSG XX

Armourer

 SSG XXX

MTF C-CO  XXX IN

APO/AE XXX

(5) Thank you for your continued support to us!!

 The lube will be applied to small arms in an infantry squad:  1 M-240B, 2

M-249, 7 M-4, and three M-9 9mm.

 Thank you again for your support

 Timothy XX

 3 ID, XXX

A co XX

(6) Dear Sir,

I have been advised to drop you a line in order to try and acquire some

Militec-1 lubricant for our personal and weapons here in Baghdad, Iraq.

We use various weapon systems here on a daily basis and whilst not wanting

to give all types or indeed numbers over this means a sample are:

Sig Sauer 226 9mm

HK MP5

HK MP5K

HK G3

H&K AG36 40mm Grenade Launcher

Diemaco C8 Carbine

Minimi 7.62

L115A3 8.59mm

If you are able to help in any way it would be most appreciated

The address here in Baghdad, Iraq is:

Major M XX

XX Building XX

NTM-I 

FOB UNION  III

APO  AE XX

I have cc'd my Civ email if required.

Please be aware of both the time difference and we are on the ground most of

the time and there may be a slight delay in responding to any emails.

Once again many thanks for you help and support.

Yours Aye,

Mike

M A XXXX

NATO Training Mission IRAQ, BAGHDAD

 ----- Original Message -----

From: Bradley P. Giordani <blockedmailto:militec@militec-1.com> 

To: steven.b.love@us.army.mil

Cc: Russ Logan <blockedmailto:russalogan@gmail.com>  ; Brad Paul Giordani

<blockedmailto:militec@militec1.com> 

Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:21 AM

Subject: FW: MILITEC-1 (UNCLASSIFIED)/DONE

Steven,

Any idea when we can meet? We are based 20 minutes from town.

Vr,

Brad

www.militec.com

----- Original Message -----

From: "Love, Steven B Mr CIV USA ASA ALT" <steven.b.love@us.army.mil>

To: <militec@militec-1.com>

Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 9:54 AM

Subject: FW: MILITEC-1 (UNCLASSIFIED)

> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

> Caveats: NONE

>

> Russ--

>

> Glad to make your acquaintance. I look forward to figuring out this

request

> and how it proceeds. Bear with us as we do some initial background work to

set

> the stage for the 'next step' in the discussion.

>

> Will be in touch.

>

> V/R

>

> Steve Love

>

> Steven B. Love

> Director for Strategic Communications

> Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

>  (Strategic Communications and Business Transformation)

> Assistant Secretary of the Army

>  (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

> 2530 Crystal Drive, Suite 11084

> Arlington, VA 22202

> Phone: 703-545-4700

> Bberry: 703-677-0580

> NIPR: steven.b.love@us.army.mil

> SIPR: steven.b.love@hqda-s.army.smil.mil

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Russ Logan [mailto:russalogan@gmail.com]

> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:09 PM

> To: Bailey, William J COL MIL USA ASA ALT

> Cc: Bradley P. Giordani

> Subject: MILITEC-1

>

> Col. Bailey, Thank you for your consideration today.  I look forward to

> future correspondence with you.  The information you requested is as

> follows:

>

> Militec, Inc.

> 11828 Pika Drive

> Waldorf, MD 20602

> Russ Logan, Sr VP

> 1-301-893-3910 Voice

> 1-301-893-8354 Fax

> www.militec-1.com <blockedhttp://www.militec-1.com/>

> militec@militec-1.com

> russalogan@gmail.com (Direct line)

>

> MILITEC-1 is used widely in military and law enforcement circles and has

> been so for many years.  A few minutes with the appropriate person might

> straighten out this whole situation and most importantly get the troops

what

> they are requesting on a daily basis.  Thank you in advance for any

> assistance you can lend in this matter.  Russ Logan

> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

> Caveats: NONE

>

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Caveats: FOUO

Dr. Marilyn Freeman at ASA/ALT--FULL POSTING TO COME THAT WILL SHOW HOW HER OFFICE CONDUCTS BUSINESS

-----Original Message-----

From: Russ Logan [mailto:russalogan@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:09 PM

To: Bailey, William J COL MIL USA ASA ALT

Cc: Bradley P. Giordani

Subject: MILITEC-1

Col. Bailey, Thank you for your consideration today. I look forward to

future correspondence with you. The information you requested is as

follows:

 Militec, Inc.

11828 Pika Drive

Waldorf, MD 20602

Russ Logan, Sr VP

1-301-893-3910 Voice

1-301-893-8354 Fax

www.militec-1.com< blockedhttp://www.militec-1.com/>

militec@militec-1.com

russalogan@gmail.com(Direct line)

MILITEC-1 is used widely in military and law enforcement circles and has

been so for many years. A few minutes with the appropriate person might

straighten out this whole situation and most importantly get the troops

what

they are requesting on a daily basis. Thank you in advance for any

assistance you can lend in this matter. Russ Logan

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Caveats: NONE

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Caveats: FOUO

----- Original Message -----

From: "Love, Steven B Mr CIV USA ASA ALT" <steven.b.love@us.army.mil>

To: <militec@militec-1.com>

Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 9:54 AM

Subject: FW: MILITEC-1 (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Caveats: NONE

 Russ--

Glad to make your acquaintance. I look forward to figuring out this

request

and how it proceeds. Bear with us as we do some initial background work to

set

the stage for the 'next step' in the discussion.

Will be in touch.

V/R

Steve Love

Steven B. Love

Director for Strategic Communications

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Strategic Communications and Business Transformation)

Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

2530 Crystal Drive, Suite 11084

Arlington, VA 22202

Phone: 703-545-4700

Bberry: 703-677-0580

NIPR: steven.b.love@us.army.mil

SIPR: steven.b.love@hqda-s.army.smil.mil

from: Bradley P. Giordani <blockedmailto:militec@militec-1.com> 

To: steven.b.love@us.army.mil

Cc: Russ Logan <blockedmailto:russalogan@gmail.com>  ; Brad Paul Giordani

<blockedmailto:militec@militec1.com> 

Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:21 AM

Subject: FW: MILITEC-1 (UNCLASSIFIED)/DONE

Steven,

Any idea when we can meet? We are based 20 minutes from town.

 

Vr,

Brad

www.militec.com

Militec Inc's Plan To Rescue DoD and Balance the Budget

The MILITEC PLAN is (1) the enforcement of existing acquisition laws and (2) holding system bureaucrats accountable in a transparent environment.

           HOW TO BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET WITHOUT CUTTING PROGRAMS:

The federal budget can be balanced by enforcing existing acquisition laws by holding career bureaucrats accountable through transparency. This new way of competitive thinking will allow troops/federal agents and the like to order their duty gear online, with a debit card and outside of existing acquisition channels. The debit card would have a credit limit and would be valid through USG approved and very competitive merchandizing websites.  This will eliminate the 5-10 year wait period for a new product, the middle man and the annual bleeding of billions made possible by a lack of transparency; maintaining the status quo.

 Congress must enforce existing acquisition laws for the availability of commercial-off-the-self-technology (COTS-PRODUCTS) that will be the locomotive to create millions of new jobs. The creation of new jobs is made possible by opening up previously closed markets/ programs/ facilities/ grounds for small business exploitation.  To ensure transparency, public forums will be required for bureaucrats to answer questions from the public each quarter. Workers being challenged about their public job (that is not secret) should be welcomed, since public workers are supposed to have Uncle Sam’s best interest at heart; not their own. Workers can no longer hide from responsibility that encourages FOIA’s and prepared remarks to speak on their behalf.  

The new way of doing business will allow for the use of “commercial- off- the- self- technology” (COTS-PRODUCTS) which will “BYPASS” the existing acquisition and Milspec compliance system. Allowing federal employees credit lines for the acquisition of their supplies through online competitive websites will create new jobs and will place DoD on a diet.  The net results are; troops will have the proper gear prior to deployment and the revolving door will be closed for business. This also means, the bleeding at DoD will stop, except for secret programs. 

                                         THE LAST TWO WARS TAUGHT US

The last ten years has taught us two things, (1) the number of federal workers has no bearing on troops having the proper gear prior to deployment, and (2) a top heavy workforce proves harmful to small business innovation by controlling competition by its swelled ranks.   The net result of controlling small business; nothing great has been issued to troops in decades, thanks to federal workers trying to reinvent the wheel. If the USG yielded to small business for its technology solutions, as it did during the first and second world wars, government would be shrunk, and the economy would be booming.

 DoD has way to many cooks in the kitchen (>850,000) that cause our troops (1.3 million) to get less than the best gear because the mindset (paralysis by analysis) of  one-shoe fitting all sizes as in did in World War 2 does not apply today. Further, troops are an all volunteer force so there are no more felons in the ranks that require federal worker oversight.  With this World War 2 mind-set and job survival as king, bureaucrats mistakenly believe that civilian management is needed over warfighters most basic items. The end result is the 5- 10 year wait period for new products that requires upgrades due to the passage of time.

              TO MANY DoD WORKERS LIMITS COMPETITION AND THE BEST PRODUCTS

DoD civilians and their revolving door apparatus are responsible for limiting competition (maintaining the status quo) which necessitate in-house workers to upgrade less than the best gear versus ordering a commercial mousetrap (COTS) that has been proven to work by other agencies, or manufactures warrantee.  USG weapons and accessories are mostly common, however, it’s the federal worker bee that create new rules (for the same mousetrap) citing their unique operational and environmental factors. Federal workers are needed (really?) to protect the military from its self by the management of Warfighting Products -- that limits competition. This allows for embolden workers to solve problems that happened on their watch thanks too, loop-holes in acquisition law. COTS PRODUCTS will BYPASS this system and save the USG a ton.

Transparent competition is healthy for our country and will re-tool our economy and provide troops with the best available gear and the USG with the best workers. In addition, the USG must allow public sector competition for job absorption by small business that uses a better mousetrap to save the USG money.  Competition, Competition and more Competition, is what made America Great because we were not dependent on other countries to pay our bills and supply us with items we invented.

        SMALL BUSINESS CAN RESCUE DoD AND CREATE MILLIONS OF JOBS

Over half of federal programs can be absorbed by small business to create advanced jobs and reduce government’s redundant payroll. Transparent competition will eliminate the revolving (fraternities’) door and SES’s/others will no longer be able to create millionaires, or have a million dollar job waiting.  The reason transparent competition will work:  following the money will land you in jail since there is no more confusion caused by loop-holes in acquisition laws.

Also, Uncle Sam should throw the criminals in jail instead of agreeing to large fines that contractors can easily swallow – with their profits. This is where party loyalty prevents justice from being served to large corporations that break the law.  When acquisitions are transparent, and troops/agents can order their gear online, party loyalty and favorite or preferred contractors will be a thing of the past.  

The annual wasting of billions and their joined-at-the-hip programs will disappear when transparent competition is allowed in these closed USG markets. The best federal workers will be hired by the small business with the best mousetrap. This will shrink government, without cutting programs in advance, since evaporation of the program would be over-time based on the remaining demand for the product or service.  

 The USG pays workers big money at bases and arsenals to development and manage gear that the last two wars have proven to be, less than the best quality. The USG has proven it cannot invent or distribute what is needed and when it’s needed. Since the MILITEC PLAN which this document is based -- is politically neutral -- congress can agree to it since it’s only the enforcement of existing acquisition laws and holding system bureaucrats accountable in a public environment.

                   TRAMSPARENCY ALLOWS WORKERS TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

Managers starting @ GS12 will not challenge institutional programs/positions that are wrong, don’t work or are not needed because federal employees are taught to use all the money so the next year -- you should receive that amount and maybe more. This is sanctioning waste by paying folks to use all the money, or lose it.

 Two recent developments to illustrate how the government failed at managing technology that should have been privatized decades ago (1) We are relying on the Russians to get us to the space station and (2) The M’16’s still jams after 40 years. Competition will solve these institutional defects by allowing the best products to compete in a transparent environment that will result in the USG receiving the best mousetrap and in time. No more early bonus’s for late work and defects in workmanship.

 The private sector could have easily invented all of the needed military gear through its own revolving door business network Instead, the USG relies on bureaucrats to manage its billions, so the status quo remains. This communistic mindset only grows government, hurts small business by relying on USG workers to invent, manage and distribute basic items.

 The reason I believe the “MILITEC PLAN” will work is because I have been fighting abuse for 25 years by civilian military, federal agencies, congressional staffers, K Street and their entire revolving door apparatus.  When bureaucrats are held to account, common sense prevails and no more disappearing billions from sanctioned wasteful spending. 

The only way to solve the financial crisis is by the use of transparent competition and holding bureaucrats publically accountable. This common sense approach will create millions of new jobs; restore dignity in public service, without cutting social or defense programs.  

September 15, 2011 release date

Authorize Warfighter Credit Lines For On-Line Purchases Of Gear

    FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION WILL ALLOW THE BEST PRODUCT FOR WARFIGHTERS

There were two meetings I had with the General Accountability Office (GAO) prior to the release of their audit (June 09) that I have been protesting for over two years.  I started off both meetings by saying out-loud, “the reason we are here is because CLP (gun oil) does not work properly”. If GAO would have read the material safety data sheet (MSDS) for CLP) the audit would have been more balanced and an investigation would have been warranted into using --  flammables on weapons in combat.

 This 32 year old Milspec oil (with its 20 upgrades or so) is recommended for most military weapons and under world-wide conditions. However, the vapors of this low flashpoint oil catches fire and weapons stop working when they are needed most. Who could be this ignorant to mandate 149 degree flashpoint oil on hot weapons in combat?  This is why weapons jam, soldiers die and Picatinny Arsenal (ARDEC) awards big bucks to their friends to solve the variety of problems a low flashpoint lubricant creates.

 ARDEC is the arsonist and the fire department, (all-in-one just like CLP’s three functions out of the same bottle. Plus, you have east coast trash haulers and countless scientists all draining Uncle Sam, while keeping our troops in danger with gear that does not work properly. If soldiers gear worked the way it should, there would be no fires to put out, nothing to upgrade, or repair, which shutters the revolving door. This proves zero correlation exists between federal workers (claiming their work is vitally important for warfighter survival) and warfighters receiving the proper gear when needed. Our military mentality for the past 100 years has been:  “one-shoe-fits-all-sizes” which has proven not to work from 2001 thru 2011, since missions are spread out across the planet, (climate extremes)  more women ( unique sizes) and smaller specialized units being activated on short notice.

The only new gizmo to reach the warfighter in the past ten years has been the Picatinny Rail. The list of cancelled programs, upgraded and discontinued warfighter gear is too numerous to list, however, this proves (after wasting hundreds of billions) private sector technology is needed to reform the acquisition process. Private sector technology will launch our own astronauts back into space again, versus relying on the Russians to take us to the space station we primarily built. 

Further, and consistent with past mistakes, small business will create the next generation of weapons to replace the family of M16’s and other problematic weapons. The Singer Sewing Machine Company built great weapons during our past wars and built them proudly. America can do this again by allowing full and open competition – Is-- What –Made—America--Great. History is our judge, so the President must open up competition for all Americans to compete for all USG business and enforce the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act (s) including other agencies that can adopt portions of acquisition reform.

The MILITEC PLAN will allow DoD to purchase the necessary equipment it needs and GAO can start the process of changing their 90 year old business mentality, which is the same problem DoD has with one-shoe-fitting-all-sizes. The USG needs to move past the “communism mentality” in the federal workforce. Reward folks for saving money (thinking outside the box) as a private business would.

There are four ways to save the economy without cutting Defense or Social Programs:

1.       Allow the acquisition (full and open competition) of federal (COTS) gear by warfighters and others with on-line debit cards that have a fixed credit line to approved DoD/GSA competitive merchandizing websites.

2.       Allow federal workers (that spend 5, 8 hour days on a computer) to work from home.

3.       Offer Multi- Million Dollar Rewards for workers that can yield (surrender their) programs for private sector absorption and reward Big Bucks for eliminating redundancies, reducing waste and blowing the whistle on waste. 

4.       Eliminate the IRS and impose a tax on all goods, services and the like sold in America. Mandate long oil drain intervals for all highway vehicles using American oil filter technology.

The New Super (committee) Congress is made up along party lines and the same old rhetoric will be played out.  However, if members will consider the MILITEC PLAN, no programs will have to be cut on either side, except for the IRS (if point 4 was adopted) which would be popular to shutter, especially in an election year.  The reason this plan will work is because I have been in the middle of our corrupt government and fighting for my life for the past 25 years. My recommendations for reform are also based on my business experience in understanding and identifying government abuses.

Full and open Competition (thinking outside the box) is what made our country great. DoD must scale down the old military communistic mentality –believing that our soldiers are stupid and civilian helpers are required to make sure their gear works.  A soldier should be allowed the same benefits as our federal law enforcement officers. Why the double standard in this High Tec age we live in since our troops are volunteers versus mostly jail birds as was the case when I joined in 1972. Back in the 70’s many troops needed babysitting, or went back to jail. Today troops are all volunteers, educated, motivated and can order gear online to save Uncle Sam hundreds of billions annually.

 What is the most important piece of hardware a soldier relies on in combat?  Their weapons ability to work is no different operationally than an Abrams tank engine running wide-open. Synthetic oils are required because of their high flashpoints that are well over 400 degrees F and their heat-transfer capabilities. Then why in the world would the army have a military specification for a weapon lube (for tank guns too) when the flashpoint of the liquid is only 149 degree F?

This is so army-stupid that GAO auditors could not understand the dangers of a 149 degree flashpoint lubricant being applied to hot guns were the gunmetal is over twice the temperatures as the CLP oil. The only way to challenge this combustible specification is by bringing up the issue of (your stuff don’t work) to the authors at Picatinny Arsenal. This powerful gang in NY /NJ will fall on their swords before admitting to any jammed weapons that have resulted in dead, captured and injured troops caused by their 149 degree specification.

The Program Managers and their multiple layers of worker-bees cannot allow a two-cent solution (COTS full and open Competition) to solve a million dollar problem.  This proves federal worker innovation (LE not included) is lacking (can’t think outside Milspec “conformance” box) and the local electronic store and hardware stores (and their new hires) could build needed technology now, and not the standard 10 year wait time for new gear to reach the troops. What happens to all army gear that finally reaches the troops after waiting a decade? Upgrades, downgrades, cancelled programs; including “Trojan Horse Programs” to ensure the federal worker remains in a job that should not exist in the first place since the local hardware store could have supplied the product or service.

 Why hire folks to develop and manage gear for Uncle Sam, if all you have to do is call True Value or Radio Shack. Plus, and the bigger issue, ARDEC would never admit to a 32 year old failed CLP gun oil program that is directly responsible for jammed weapons and dead troops. The reason a (defective) 149 degree Milspec gun oil has survived and even flourished (for over 30 years) is by not working properly on gun-metal.  This allows the money (we don’t have) for new weapons, parts, new supplies and of course simulation and closed door laboratory testing (with multiple labs to choose from) to demonstrate to congress that DoD is working (blowing dough) on the problem.  On-line purchasing, with competition will shutter the revolving door and ensure the troops receive the best gear.

If there was not a government program, there would not be a problem to fix. To say it another way, DoD has too many folks working on technology solutions, that should be the purview of American small business. This is common sense because American Entrepreneurs are more creative than career federal workers. This is a completely different mindset of working around the clock to solve a problem, versus federal work hours and their influences that can hinder productivity.

An immediate solution to fix a large part of the antiquated acquisition system is, Uncle Sam needs to authorize warfighters their own credit lines in order to requisition their needed gear on-line from commercial and competitive DoD managed Web Outlets. This eliminates the middle man (worker-bees) and a boat load of millionaires that take advantage of the very system that’s filled with all their buddies that are supposed to be looking out for Uncle Sam’s loot.  Troops must be allowed to order all gear on-line prior to deployment. Now, with drawdown’s taking place in Iraq and soon to be Afghanistan there will be more shortages as a steady stream of warfighter emails reveal.

 Since the beginning of OEF, there has been issues with the majority of the gear, to include, rucksacks, Velcro, boots, armor, helmets, weapons, weapons accessories and now the new camouflage clothing (BDU’s) so the troops can hide better (after 10 years of being shot at with the other design). This 10 year track record (really since Vietnam) of supplying our warfighters with less than the best gear, only guarantees new federal  hires,  promotions for folks who rubber stamp  gear and a ton of millionaires that influence  certain ranks within DoD.

History (the past 10 years) reveals the lack of proper gear being issued when needed. The USG should not be in business that the private sector can do-- better faster and cheaper. No one would argue this point except for federal workers whom believe their role keeps are troops safer. However, the cancellation yearly of billion dollar programs, allows for other programs to get corrupted and then the millionaires spin off from Potomac to Great Falls.

Federal workers do not get rich by any means, but many are crucial (let’s avoid lobbyists for now) to which business receives money or not. The MILITEC PLAN will eliminate the old boy and revolving door network that has bankrupted our country while spinning off greedy millionaires being rewarded for gadgets that don’t work properly. Full and Open competition with the adoption of the MILITEC PLAN will make America Great once again by learning from the past and adopting lesson learned from the “Great Generation”.

 Trillions of dollars will never have to be spent by Uncle Sam if full and open competition is allowed which will create millions of new and innovative jobs.  Huge DoD savings will result from allowing commercial off the self technology (COTS) for all gear that will be acquisitioned by the warfighter prior to deployment.  To prove this, under COTS the average soldier needs $50,000.00 in gear over a four year period. Each soldier now cost Uncle Sam over one-million dollars. It’s the R&D/T&E and countless federal workers (AMC/DLA/GSA/ARSENALS/BASES/ECT that push up the cost of a part so high.

 One final point on recent waste and why the MILITEC PLAN is needed.  The new GPS Gucci gear being issued to some troops recently weighs too much, does not work properly and is difficult to use. So what is DoD’s solution after spending billions on gear that does not work properly? Go to the commercial market and buy a Droid (or COTS equivalent).  Congress must enforce the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act and adopt the MILITEC PLAN to create millions of new and innovative jobs.

Please contact me if I may be of service.

MORE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE MILITEC PLAN

There are approximately one-million DoD civilian jobs -- 779,163 regular jobs plus an undisclosed amount of contractors –estimated well over 100,000. The total number of warfighters is 1.43 million.   The main problem with DoD is it’s mentality of one-shoe fitting all sizes as it did since World War One. This dated mentality is wasteful since our missions now are spread out across the planet, smaller groups being deployed and more women in the ranks which require adjustment to the basic gear. As an example, the rucksacks are now being modified since many warfighters are getting injured.   

This top heaving bureaucracy is so top heavy that even the most simple task (K-9 being deployed) results in, paralysis- by- analysis, which only reinforces the status quo.  The only way to evaporate 500,000 workers is by allowing competitive on-line purchasing of gear by warfighters with credit lines.  This new system will close down the money trail that has corrupted the DoD and prevents needed gear from reaching the warfighter.

When we invaded Afghanistan, the equipment the average warfighter carried was all dated and nothing new other than the “Picatinny Rail”. It took warfighter questions to Donald Rumsfeld concerning ballistic protection for the Hummers to get action from the DoD bureaucracy.  

Where was the large civilian work force back home looking out for the troops when their vehicles were left defenseless?  Warfighters were forced to weld steel plates onto vehicles -- in a war zone -- because one-million DoD folks back home and abroad were not watching their backs and they were also not smart enough to realize that ballistic protection might come in handy to protect loss of life.  Plus, why did it take almost 10 years to field the right camouflage pattern to help hide the troops from the enemy?  The blame for this imbalance is not republican or a democrat, its greedy DoD civilians that place their job security above the welfare of the troops. The proof of a broken DoD is evidenced by the lack of gear and the countless upgrades, and downgrades with the existing gear. DoD would rather use their own folks to fix (upgrade) a problem, versus using a better mousetrap that competition allows.

Based on the variety and ever evolving technical screw-ups by DoD civilians since OEF started has proven the DoD work-force numbers have no bearing on the readiness of the average warfighter preparing for war. Troops today are still lacking basic staples that are supposed to be standard issue gear. Even with the countless billions from the free spending era of Bush, the average warfighter still did not have the basic gear prior to deployment. I have emails from front line soldiers to prove this in triplicate, if anyone cares if our troops have high confidence prior to landing in a war zone or not. Does the proper equipment matter when boots hit the ground in theater, your dam right it does and DoD has done a terrible job at keeping even basic supplies in stock, let alone delivered when needed.

It puzzles me when I count the number of SES positions and other positions with the tremendous perks  that are tied to the reliable DoD revolving door. Are these folks needed to oversee how tanks are made, or if they work? The point is this, if DoD folks cannot justify their position as supporting warfighters (versus supporting the bureaucracy) and all they do is “rubber stamp” documents for their bosses, then what good are they other than standing in the way of progress? Do these hard-boiled and embolden bureaucrats ensure our warfighters are safer every day, or are they there to deal with Capitol Hill politics and supporting the status quo?

 DoD must take the purse strings away from its civilian workforce that manages everyday items and allow warfighters to order all their gear online through competitive websites. Each warfighter would have a credit line and would be their responsibility to have the proper gear prior to deployment. Purchasing basic supplies online evaporates the civilian acquisition workforce and the related programs -- because no one needs or wants their services any longer.

So why are folks so concerned over the cuts to defense? Is it that needed technology will not get to the troops and more of them will be killed, or is it the high paying government jobs with amazing benefits that allows too much idle time (for bureaucrats) to figure out how to spend as much of Uncle Sam’s money as possible, in order to have at least that same amount for the following year. As the saying goes, if you don’t use it, you lose it.  To prove this, Militec Inc always sees a spike in sales at the end of the acquisition year for the very reason of spending all the money. If DoD was a business, many employees would be in jail. Why can’t a government agency be run like a business? The answer is easy, the corruption of politics allows for embolden rascals to run amok – under the umbrella of national security.

This is not rocket science in dealing with pentagon cuts. All you have to do is look back at the past decade and count the new technology that is now standard issue for the troops and you will have the tragic answer.  I’m not suggesting shutting down necessary programs that cannot be done through out-sourcing and total absorption through private sector innovation. The basic issue gear, weapons and accessories can all be privatized plus this eliminates redundancies and ensures the best products get to the troops and in time.

DoD must realize that even active duty folks (PEO Soldier as example) will bend over for contractors because some will be leaving the service and want to have jobs. In other words, you can’t have future employment (for soldiers/DoD civies) interfere with getting the proper gear to the troops. The only way to cut acquisition waste for commodities (in our changing environment) is to allow credit lines for the acquisition of basic gear (by warfighters) through approved and competitively operated websites. This will not only eliminate the waste, it will make the accounting easier, since the troops will be the ones responsible for ordering their own supplies on-line prior to deployment.

Some fault lies with the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) whom will only hire former commanders of Army Material Command (AMC) to become President of the Association. Why is the policy of AUSA to only hire former CG’s of AMC?  This ensures the good old boy network and the money connections to AMC -- which pays the association Big Bucks for trade shows in DC and Florida in order to show off all the neat Gucci gear costing billions that seldom reach the average warfighter.

AUSA hinders competition and prevents the creation of American jobs by carrying the services’ water to Capitol Hill to influence army-specific legislation. For this lobbying service, AMC pays AUSA   for these high dollar tradeshows and related activities, including golfing outings. This is an easy case of following the money right to the tradeshow in DC and the personalities at the event -- which makes my case.

In order to cut waste, the pentagon must allow for full and open competition for all basic supplies, including most  weapons and accessories. This new acquisition process for sourcing basic supplies is for all active duty members with assigned credit lines that apply for gear only.  This new online ordering system will ensure the purchase of items that are needed and in budget since all ordering will be out-side the control of the existing acquisition system. Competition will place DoD on a diet, if they like it or not.   

THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE MILITEC PLAN -- DoD ONLY

 The Militec Plan will reduce hundreds of billions in Defense spending programs by enforcement of the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act of 1994 -- that was signed into Law by President Clinton. I witnessed the Rose Garden signing because I believed that this new Law would open up competitive markets.

For the sake of America; Congress must enforce the 1994 law while adopting the lessons learned from America’s Manufacturing Genius during the Second World War, where the U.S. Manufacturing base was vital to our National Security and was called upon for the development and production of a wide variety of products to fulfill this wartime demand.  The Singer Sewing Machine Company (as example) did a great job building weapons for the Military, even though they never built them before.

 Since we are in a financial crisis, allowing out-sourcing through full and open competition will not only eliminate redundancies, it will eliminate the need (for hundreds of thousands of) federal workers (mostly DoD) and its associated billion dollar  programs that will be replaced by the private sector.

There are five basic points:

1.    Enforce the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act of 1994

2.    Allow military members to order their basic gear online

3.    Allow the free market to decide which products work the best. 

4.    One-shoe (product) does not fit all sizes anymore as it has for the past 100 years.

5.    Milspec management by career bureaucrats for the past three decades has resulted in constant upgrades to the M16/M4 (and they still jam) and its CLP gun oil (still has a 149 degree F. flashpoint-and vapors catch fire) versus allowing a better mouse trap that competition and the enforcement of the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act will provide.

I could go on forever about the problems with constant upgrades to the gear the average soldier carries and the billions in wasted redundancies by the services. The Army Labs will show off their expensive and redundant facilities and all their neat stuff costing billions in R&D/T&E costs that never reach the rank and file. Plus, in the past 10 years there has been no new technology that was delivered in advance of when it was needed (different  armor for example). Sure the MRAPS finally made it and the up-armored Hummers and enhanced vests -- after allot of dead soldiers. 

Now, the troops are receiving the proper camouflage pattern on their uniforms that will better hide them from the enemy.  Are you kidding me?  It took 10 years to get a uniform that blends into the environment of Afghanistan? This simple point here makes my other points on why competition is needed -- to help save America from itself.

 Please read the attached Militec Plan that will save (just) the DoD hundreds of billions while at the same time creating millions of new and diverse jobs. Full and open competition is what made America the leader of the free world. Now, our position is threatened and will be forever changed unless bold action is taken now by the simple enforcement of the (Law) Defense Streamlining Act of 1994.

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  THE MILITEC PLAN TO SAVE DOD HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS

The time is now for American business to compete for federal programs by allowing military customers choices on what products best fit their needs for their specific assignment, versus being issued gear that does not work properly, or is not needed.  Each warfighter would have their own credit limit and would use the internet to order the majority of their gear through approved websites. The Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act was signed into law in 1994 that allows for the use of “commercial- off- the- self- technology” products (COTS) to be purchased and used, without regard to Milspec. This law has not been enforced, since the federal workers did not want to see full and open competition for commercially and industrially approved products that compete for their own jobs elimination. This plan will not have to cut any programs, since competition by the private sector will cause the evaporation of federal—work—programs that are not needed and the layers of redundancies that are driven by turf wars --chasing dollars--disappears since the customer is now the warfighter ordering and using products outside the control of the military civilians and their revolving door which ensures nothing changes.

The large activities such as DLA, AMC, arsenals, and bases could have their workforce reduced 75% since the private sector would absorb the work (and some workforce too) and the remaining 25% of the employees would work from their homes and at the contractor’s facility. The majority of the remaining work would require accounting skills since invoices will be submitted by American business that is responsible for the cradle to grave aspects of the supplied technology. It’s the contractor’s responsibility to insure the goods are received by the customer and are in working condition, prior to submitting the invoice for payment to “the new defense accounting agency”. The individual services would not be involved in this accounting or purchasing process.   This will stop redundancies by the services.
The government would turn over control (for a price-over time) of the arsenals and bases to American business and it would be the American’s that would rebuild our economy (versus Wal-Mart) and create millions of new U.S. jobs. The land, hardware and the buildings would be worth trillions for the private sectors benefit and hundreds of billions would also be saved by the evaporation of the federal work force over-time. The other significant cost saving is to allow certain federal employees to work from home.  

Hundreds of government programs and its federal workforce would evaporate since there’s no longer a demand for their product and/or service. Private sector jobs would soar due to closed markets being made available to American business for the first time and by the USG placing the private sector in charge of inventing, warehousing and distribution of the majority of its products and services.  Another big advantage is allowing the troops to perform the necessary field testing of products  -- at a cheaper price than USG labs and  the testing would be in the actual environment (which prevents abuse) than simulation- make-work- testing and all of its bells and whistles (ensuring all the money is spent) inside a controlled laboratory environment surrounded by career bureaucrats. These same bureaucrats have counter-parts in every service so the wasteful (system wide) redundancies will also evaporate over time.

 This artificial and simulation testing that keep thousands employed are seldom neutral, since jobs and military specifications and designs depends on planned outcomes of their in-house and mostly private testing.  No secret. The USG is famous at trying to improve the current technology by upgrades, which keeps the same folks in the same place, instead of using a better mouse trap that competition (COTS) will provide.  Competition will allow for the best products to be used and the warfighter will have the right products when they need it.

The way to reduce trillions in unneeded spending is by allowing for full and open competition — a win-win for everyone, since we all should agree that competition is what made America Great. The USG needs to enforce the Defense Streamlining Acquisition Act.  Full and open competition will decide the winners and losers of products and allows for the evaporation of unnecessary and redundant federal programs that encourage in-sourcing (making government bigger) versus, out-sourcing which reduces the size of government and creates jobs in the private sector. 

Thank you for reading the Militec plan.