One of the examples the Chief of the Army Reserve put on the list, he requested fire trucks. It would be very easy for someone who does not know anything about the military to look at the list of equipment necessities under the emergency supplemental and say why are we funding fire trucks? The answer is very simple. The Army Reserve has the ground support mission for the Apaches that were sent over to Albania and the present fire trucks from the Army reserves are utilized in Bosnia and they need to have the fire trucks.
Steve Buyer: “One of the examples the Chief of the Army Reserve put on the list, he requested fire trucks. It would be very easy for…”
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Discussing the necessity of funding fire trucks for the Army Reserve during a debate.
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