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Okay, had a brain fart - I look up the rifle by NSN, and forget to check the mule, merely guessing.

Well, it's a Kawasaki mule model KAF400A per the NSN*

Going by the state that I remember us operating them in, I'd guess that the thing was probably a non-functioning worn out POS by the time the military lets go of it.

*National Stock Number.

Just go to Government Liquidation and get a surplus MRI , those bad-boys will erase those pesky hard-drives.

Government auction? That's a lot of computer bits...

Start here

And we wonder if the government wastes taxpayer money: SOLD - PS3 Guitar Hero guitar

So it was DARPA that invented guitar hero!

"In all seriousness, where are those $15 jeeps?"

They were scrapped carcasses back many decades ago. For example, M151s were demilled by being torchcut into chunks. "Jeeps" of the actual "Jeep" persuasion are ancient history.

http://www.govliquidation.com/

is where to directly bid online for much of what Uncle Sugar no longer needs, but bulk buyers drive up costs quite a bit. If you collect military vehicles, large trucks are often bargains, but fun stuff like CUCVs tend to go high. Lots of interesting stuff, and well worth a browse.

"If I were to take this article at face value, I'd say it's an attempt at sticking it to the army for not taking better care of its stuff. While I'm all for that, it stops being funny once non sequitur allegations are made about certain foreign countries. Then it becomes a transparent attempt at instilling paranoia among the public."

You are quite right!

The list of stuff isn't impressive. We should be impressed by a fucking used NBC suit? Literally millions of the things have been produced from the Cold War onward. They are not classified. The "used" (= charcoal no workee no more, washed multiple times so it doesn't stain your uniform black) suits are in every G.I.s NBC training bag and many surplus stores and are NOT illegal to possess!

Neither are uniforms, with the caveat that you must buy them or be issued them and not (no shit) steal them. Anybody who wants to can buy them (or nicer private brands) online at U.S. Cavalry, Brigade Quartermasters, etc. G.I.s often spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on aftermarket gear.

Wanna legal mask?
http://www.approvedgasmasks.com/msa-mcu2p.htm

Whole NBC ensembles?
http://www.approvedgasmasks.com/mask-kits.htm

I'm sure some illegal gear ends up on Ebay (SAPI plates, etc) but it would be nice to see WHICH "F-14" parts were there. Just because a National Stock Number crosses to an F-14 doesn't make it strategic material.

Wanna see everything that's for sale legally from Uncle Sugar? You can even bid online:
http://www.govliquidation.com/

I did 26 years (Comm/Nav. Engines,Crew Chief) in the USAF and am familiar with aircraft, parts, supply, and buying stuff outta surplus even before it was outsourced to GovLiquidation. The WaPo piece is IMO bullshit fearmongering and reflects their dislike for the military.

And this is something new?!?! Government surplus has been with us as long as government procurement has.

http://www.govliquidation.com/list/c7007/lna/1.html

Get just about any aircraft parts directly from the government. Everything from engines to rotary blades for helicopters to complete aircraft shells. Nothing new here...

Looks like govliquidations.com belongs to a domain squatter...?

oops...take off the 's'.
govliquidation.com

If it's properly demilitarized, he shouldn't have any problem...the process involves removing any fuel/propellant and then doing something to the outside that permanently fucks it's flight characteristics.

For real examples of how to permanently fuck flight characteristics look here.

The military mandates the hard drive or other permanent storage media be removed.

This is a legitimate site. I mourn that it's gone to a contrator because at the local DRMO it was easy to pick up cool stuff.

It's all run through here now and no computer will have a harddrive.
http://www.govliquidation.com/

Use links, you fucking anonymous dickhead.

http://www.govliquidation.com/
http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=5020 82&convertTo=USD

Use links, you fucking anonymous dickhead.

http://www.govliquidation.com/
http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=5020 82&convertTo=USD

How far behind is *too* far behind? Surplus and excess government equipment *has* to go up for public auction if it winds up unused.

http://www.govliquidation.com/

Mostly P3's up for grabs here, but you can't beat the price.

If you can scrape together the funds (normal budget, grants, PTA donations), purchasing older computers can stretch your budget fairly far.