Who would I report to? erythromycin 250 mg filmtab coupon I asked General Bogdan about the Marinesâ decision to declare their planes combat-capable without adequate time for operational testing (O.T.)âor, as the Pentagon used to call it, âfield testing.â His answer was straightforwardâyes, that was what the Marines are going to do, and yes, they have the power to do it. âBy law,â he said, âwe have to do operational testing. But by law, the service chiefs, the secretaries of the services, get to decide I.O.C. and when the airplane can go into combat. Thereâs nothing that says the results of the O.T. must be used, factored in, to determine what the services do. I can tell you thatâs why, when you look at the real letter of the law, the U.S. Marine Corps intends on declaring I.O.C. before we start O.T.â In other words, the commandant of the Marine Corps plans to announce that his planes are ready for combat before operational testing proves they are ready for combat. (Despite repeated queries over a period of nearly a month, including requests for an interview and the submission of written questions, the office of the commandant of the Marine Corps would make no comment.)
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