What equipment should we divest and what should add?

1SG-Engineers have certainly earned their stripes in OEF and OIF. I think some sort of RCP package should be available for future conflicts, though I don't know how cost efficient it would be, especially as an engineer battalion will be added to many BCTs as we restructure and "pivot to the East." APOBs/MCLCs/Huskys/Buffalos/RGs and hand held systems with GPR have saved A LOT of lives and should be kept in our arsenal.

To answer the broader question of equipment. I hate the MRAP family of vehicles. MAT Vs are top heavy and only seat 5, even though they weigh 15 tons. MAX-PROs have more space but the drop ramp freaks me out as an Infantryman (injuries/hydraulic malfunction, casevac etc), and again they are top heavy and roll all the time. I think we should keep enough MRAPs to field a division worth of ground troops, but that's all.

To be honest, we have way too much crap. Half the "high speed systems" we have require FSR support in country, so while your system is down you're waiting 10 years for a civilian from BAF to show up, who inevitably failed to bring the right tools to fix the damn thing!

We need to get lighter, faster, and more lethal. Save money by cutting contractors. I don't need civilians to wash my clothes, fix my trucks, give me power, feed me etc. There are Soldiers to do that job.

Rant Complete. Great question, 1SG.