Model to Choose Major Weapon System Acquisitions

For years before retirement, I was in the cleaning business, and we were basically a mobile carwash company, but we also washed many other types of things, and we had a common enemy, we called it dirt. Dirt is a common problem in the world, after all, it was created by God on the first day when he created the heavens and the Earth, as per biblical or creationism theory. That dirt has been getting all over just about everything that mankind has made ever since.

Okay so, you read the title of my article and your probably wondering what on earth the pressure washing business model could possibly have of value to helping the United States military to use in its major weapons system acquisitions. So let me tell you. We built our mobile carwash trucks in such a way that if it was raining we could go clean something else, or if it was in the middle of the night, and no customers wanted their cars washed, we could always find something to clean.

We had to build our equipment so that it could clean concrete, structures, railroad cars, aircraft, marine vessels, cars, trucks, and a number of other things. Remember the enemy was dirt, and he could be lurking anywhere. We had various attachments that we could put on the into the pressure washing hose, and various devices when necessary we could use to help remove the dirty wash water to secure it in a safe location that wouldn't hurt the environment.

We had our basic equipment; the hot water pressure washers, reclaim tanks, fresh water tank, hoses, special wands, safety equipment, and we often mounted all of this stuff on trailers, truck beds, sometimes enclosed, and sometimes not. Depending on the area in the country where the franchisee was, we would often use modified equipment to serve multiple purposes.

Now then, I would submit to you that the same thing is true in dealing with our dirty enemies abroad. We have different kinds of dirt; that which comes from rogue regimes, hostile militaries, and even international terrorists. There are pirates, state-sponsored hackers, and all sorts of risks to this great nation of ours. We need different tools, weapon delivery platforms, and various strategies, training, tactics, and specialized equipment to win the war on dirt. Personally, I don't see any difference - it's all the same, just playing with hundreds of billions instead of hundreds of thousands of dollars for the right equipment.

We have a job to do in the world, and that is to clean up all the dirt, to protect this nation, and to lead the world forward like this superpower we are. Maybe we can garner some lessons from the mobile pressure washing industry in this regard. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it