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Why yes I have....
At one time not so long ago, I was one of several applicants for a mid-level manager position with the company that builds them about 30 miles from the house....prior to and after the interview with "the man" (conveniently a retired Marine Corps full bird, who incidentally flew OV-22 Ospreys while on active duty) I had an opportunity to check out some of the ones they were building....although they look similar to a M151, they are completely different....I wish we had diesel engines in ours when I was in....things seemed to be moving right along in regard to the potential employment as different points of interest were noted on the vehicles....up until the point where I mentioned that they appeared awful tall for their width and did they have a problem with in-stability that would cause roll-overs....considering the amount of gear and ammunition they were to carry....along with the enthusiastic driving habits of young Recon Marines....the tour ended rather abruptly, yet civilly....as civilly as you can expect from a retired Marine colonel....I was just looking at it from a "get the troops the best gear you can give them" angle....and not something that was going to injure or kill them before they came under fire....
At one time not so long ago, I was one of several applicants for a mid-level manager position with the company that builds them about 30 miles from the house....prior to and after the interview with "the man" (conveniently a retired Marine Corps full bird, who incidentally flew OV-22 Ospreys while on active duty) I had an opportunity to check out some of the ones they were building....although they look similar to a M151, they are completely different....I wish we had diesel engines in ours when I was in....things seemed to be moving right along in regard to the potential employment as different points of interest were noted on the vehicles....up until the point where I mentioned that they appeared awful tall for their width and did they have a problem with in-stability that would cause roll-overs....considering the amount of gear and ammunition they were to carry....along with the enthusiastic driving habits of young Recon Marines....the tour ended rather abruptly, yet civilly....as civilly as you can expect from a retired Marine colonel....I was just looking at it from a "get the troops the best gear you can give them" angle....and not something that was going to injure or kill them before they came under fire....