The quality and cost of military boots purchased for the BDF and the Coast Guard have been much in the news this week.
We have certainly received reports that at times soldiers and Guardsmen have been given dry-rotten and substandard boots.
Yesterday, when we spoke with the BDF Commander-he did not elaborate-other than to say "all is well":
Brigadier General Anthony Velasquez, Commander, BDF
"Well, what I can tell you, that my, my, my purview is that we get boots, and over the past few years, our policymakers have placed a lot of interest and attention on BDF, and today, we're far different, in a far different place than we were a few years ago. So, our soldiers are kitted, they have their boots, we, we, we have, we did a recruiting intake last year, we're doing one now, we'll do one immediately after this, and we'll do another one next year. So, we are increasing the size of the force, we are recruiting, and we're getting the kit and equipment for our soldiers. Gone were the days back then, when we did not have boots to equip our soldiers. We do have boots, and we have equipment for them."
