www.ntechindustries.com...
The pertinent information is the 7th headline down the page.
I have to wonder why the U.S. MILITARY (not even dept. of agriculture, but military!) would be involved in GLOBAL eradication of weeds. Of course,
it's hard to chase people down and kill them if you keep tripping over vines and such so I can understand the need for some sort of defoliant but why
are U.S. taxpayers saddled with the debt of weed-eating the planet's lawns?
The article was from 2001 but the list of bases using this technology has increased.
Military Bases
Using WeedSeeker:
Air Force
- Andrews AFB, MD
- Altus AFB, OK
- Aviano AFB, Italy
- Barksdale AFB, LA
- Cannon AFB, NM
- Charleston AFB, SC
- Columbus AFB, MS
- Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
- Dyess AFB, TX
- Elgin AFB, FL
- Ellsworth AFB, SD
- Elmendorf AFB, AK
- Fairchild AFB, WA
- Grissom AFB, IN
- Hickman AFB, HI
- Hill AFB, UT
- Kunsan AFB, Korea
- Lajes AFB, Azores
- Langley AFB, WV
- Luke AFB, AZ
- Little Rock AFB, VA
- MacDill AFB, FL
- McConnell AFB, KS
- Misawa AFB, Japan
- Minot AFB, ND
- Moody AFB, GE
- Nellis AFB, NV
- Offutt AFB, NE
- Scott AFB, IL
- Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC
- Shaw AFB, SC
- Travis AFB, CA
- Whitman AFB, NE
- Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Army
- Fort Bliss, TX
- Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
- Fort Campbell, KY
- Fort Carson, CO
- Fort Gordon, GA
- Fort McCoy, WI
- Fort McDowell, AZ
- Fort Meade, MD
- Fort Riley, KS
- Fort Rucker, AL
- McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, OK
- Tonopah Range, NM
Marine Corps
- Marine Corps Recruit Depot, SC
- Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, AZ
National Guard
- National Guard Langdon/Strickland, NC
Navy
- Atsugi Naval Station, Japan
- Barking Sands NAS, HI
- Gulfport Naval Station, MS
- Kitsap Naval Base, WA
- Lemoore NAS, CA
- Meridian NAS, MS
- Norfolk Naval Station, VA
- Oceana Naval Station, VA
- Pensacola Naval Station, FL
- Port Hueneme, CA
- Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico
- U.S. Naval Academy, MD
www.ntechindustries.com...
Especially curious to me are the naval bases using this technology. I'm not in the Navy (but married to sailor for 12 years) so I'm not sure how
much tripping over vines they encounter but I suspect it's not a lot.
Maybe some military person familiar with this technology could explain the interest (and ongoing expense) of weed eradication on a global scale and
how such an action benefits the American people or promotes American national security?
Also, since "weeds" are generally considered anything that isn't a commercially grown crop, then all those easily-foraged-by-the-roadside
edibles/medicinals are being poisoned. Just my conspiratorial brain at work here but am open to rational explanations.