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Originally Posted by DNS
There is no shortage of military trained mechanics in the civilian market these days. Parts likely won't be much of an issue either. I am sure access to parts is part of the deal.
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Access to parts is not part of the deal. It's like buying a used car from an unknown private seller ... as-is, no warranty expressed or implied. PD in the adjacent town got one of the surplus Humvees. I took a citizens' police academy course there last year. They showed us the Humvee, and mentioned that it hadn't been running for a year. Sure, mechanics who can work on a diesel Humvee can be found -- but the department has no contract with such people, no mechanism to pay them, and no money to maintain the thing. If the local Public Works truck mechanic can't fix it, it doesn't get fixed.
I'd like to know why these things are surplus. Is the military still buying MRAPS? If so, why are we buying new ones while giving the ones we have to police departments who have no use for them?