# U.S. troops in Iraq do not have proper equipment

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 2, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-troops-in-iraq-do-not-have-proper-equipment/417774 "2007-09-02T03:01:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-troops-in-iraq-do-not-have-proper-equipment/417774/1 "2007-09-02T03:01:19Z")

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We’ve all heard the stories, right? Well, [it seems that it’s worse than we thought](http://photos.tr0lled.com/gallery/d/514-1/2005-10-30-21-17_mean_soldiers.jpg).

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**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-troops-in-iraq-do-not-have-proper-equipment/417774/2 "2007-09-02T03:22:07Z")

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Man! I can’t believe it! Poor guy doesn’t even have a clip on his helmet for his IR goggles. Not to mentioned that severely under armored vehicle they’re using. They could have at least sprung for some training wheels!