Well $78sih thousand per humvee then the cost of the chutes, fuel to get them air born, cost of personnel spent to clean that up, gear loaded in them that was also lost, cost of the flights, and cost of the flight clearance. Lets not forget the time spent training and feeding him and the others that were lost due to…

The United States Government does not maintain any private insurance on its vehicles, but rather is completely self-insured with any claims against the United States Government backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, with claims payable under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 USC § 2671 et seq.

Bad conduct discharge on the old DD214 follows you EVERYWHERE.

You don’t get a pension from the military unless you serve 20 or more years. He’s a Sgt. Which in the Army is an E-5, which means he’s either really.....really bad at it or he’s only been in the service at most 4-6 years. Army E-5s when I was in the military were almost a give-away rank, you had to be a world class…

The answer is much more simple: Marines, soldiers, airmen, sailors and coastguardsmen do stupid shit.

It fills me with seething rage, as it should anyone that pays taxes.

Umm, no. Private companies insured their commercial payloads, but the shuttle itself and government payloads were not insured.

tell me, what does your adult tax-paying self think of this?

Yes, it makes you a conspiracy nut, and those are bad. They would just call it human error if it was and not try to say it was intentionally done. The human error go to isn’t a vast conspiracy either, usually just means not really sure what happened and brass wants investigation completed.

“No one will suspect three Humvees falling to the ground. It’s the perfect insurance scam.”

‘Write it off’ how? It’s not like a private company, that could deduct it from their taxes as a loss. It’s the government, they don’t need to pretend it was an accident to fool the government

Yeah, no.

Watch the video and read the Stars & Stripes report. The sergeant who filmed the video (different than the one who actually cut the straps) is laughing his ass off and clearly knew what was about to happen. He even says “I knew it I knew it!” He too was punished for his part in this debacle.

Per the linked article, each new Humvee costs the military $220k. X3 is $660k. The infraction had to do with the destruction of government property over $500.

Infowars that way >>>>>>>>>

Interesting proposed layout, but what happens if a car breaks down on the bridge? Is there room on the sides for a crane to carry the car away? Do they float a barge with a crane along each side?

Right. Everyone gets on with their lives after the violent death of their child. Rich kid hooning car, middle class kid hooning car, poor kid hooning a car, it doesn’t matter. They don’t. Additionally, if you’re of the belief that rich people are the only ones who file wrongful death lawsuits then it clearly…

Really though? For years those with the means have been happily giving the keys to powerful cars to teens. Some have the responsibility and experience to handle them, some don’t. That’s how Darwin works.

That will make Montreal’s hairpin look like a flat corner.

fantastic comment, laughed out loud at “molten rotor” corner.