So when safety clip breaks, when you get sand down in the equipment and you need to mess with it some more, the answer is too often because of what's in that contract that The military says to our service member, don't touch that thing. You got to Retire, in effect, the piece of equipment. Hold it over there, Call a contractor, have the contractor fly in from long, long way away, charge us for flying in, take the delay, and charge us whatever they want to charge us to come in and fix that thing. (02:35–02:44)
CLAIM
Asserts that current contracts prevent military personnel from repairing equipment themselves.
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