June 2025

NATIONAL NOTES.1 2 JUNE 2025

Pentagon wastes billions with devastating repair rules. As bad as this lead-in sounds, a thorough reading will reveal that, for the most part, they’re talkin’ about AVIATION assets. Not to say that what’s bein’ discussed isn’t a huge problem, but from my 22 years of experience workin’ in and runnin’ motor pools and repair shops that were part of an Army Engineer Regiment, I never encountered the problem. Army repairs (at least they USED to be) were categorized by levels, and sometimes that required evacuating the piece of equipment or vehicle to a repair facility authorized to make more in-depth or complicated repairs than the end-user was capable of. These levels were usually dictated by the amount and type of tooling and diagnostic equipment the Army authorized for shops at different levels of repair. For example, the mechanics workin’ on a truck in a motor pool could change oil and adjust the clutch, but they weren’t authorized to rebuild the transmission, because they didn’t have access to the special tools and/or training required.

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OREGON OBSERVATIONS.1 2 JUNE 2025

Former Eugene Cahoots workers look to establish ‘Cahoots 2.0.’ I realize people who are into that sort of thing, wanna take care of the downtrodden, but come on. Next to the annual $5.8 billion that municipalities of this state hand out, they’re part of the problem. Wadda I mean?  I don’t care what their mission statement says, their primary focus is bums on the street. If this state were to ever grow a pair and move all the bums to new digs in a Transition Center east of the mountains, there wouldn’t be a crisis on the street to help out with.

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