Column: Americans Are Fixers. Our Troops Should Be Too.

Column: Americans are fixers. Our troops should be too.

Here’s something that Democrats and Republicans ought to be able to agree on: When Americans serving in the military are trying to protect our country and each other, they should not be strangled by red tape that prevents them from fixing broken weapons and tools. And yet that is exactly the danger they currently face. If a war broke out tomorrow, American troops may struggle to repair and maintain the assets they need to defend themselves and d…

Bloomberg: Americans are fixers — our troops should be too

Here’s something that Democrats and Republicans ought to be able to agree on: When Americans serving in the military are trying to protect our country and each other, they should not be strangled by red tape that prevents them from fixing broken weapons and tools. And yet that is exactly the danger they currently face. If a war broke out tomorrow, American troops may struggle to repair and maintain the assets they need to defend themselves and d…