Originally Posted by Ronan

They might issue useless shit, but no one is talking about that. If you are issued something wrong (wrong item, wrong size, etc), you don't go buying it, you go to your supply depot, or what ever it is called and you get the mistake fixed. If they don't have what you want/need i'm sure theirs way to work around the problem, but buying it with your own money? That only happens when something is NOT issued (aka the bullet proof vests that should have been supplied for soldiers in Iraq) and thats when you buy it (which is wrong but not what this thread is about).