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[link|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062101242.html|http://www.washingto...006062101242.html]

"BALAD, Iraq -- The U.S. military has begun sending thousands of battered Humvees and other war-torn equipment home as more Iraqi units join the fight against insurgents and American units scheduled for Iraq duty have their orders canceled.

In the last four months, the Army has tagged 7,000 Humvees and 17,000 other pieces of equipment to be shipped to the United States to be rebuilt. "

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"Following the Gulf War in 1991, for example, it took two years for the military to recover its equipment _ after a six-month deployment and a ground campaign lasting roughly 100 hours.

And the cost of repairing the equipment once it's back is huge. The backlog already is measured in years and some analysts say the price tag could exceed $50 billion."

Drew, that social construct is getting larger! (Just kidding)