Feral Jundi

I read about this in this month’s edition of Serviam.  This is an interesting idea and has a ton of potential applications.  In places like Iraq and Afghanistan, building material for the locals is always an issue, and something like this could go a long way in winning some hearts and minds.

That, and the use of this machine at a remote site would help reduce the need for sandbags when building fighting positions and posts.  Something like this, could become the Hesco of building materials in the near future.  Personally, I have not used this machine, so I really do not have an opinion on it.  I have had to fill sandbags before, and nothing sucks like having to rebuild a fighting position after a couple of months, do to deteriorating bags.  We’ll see if this catches on and I would be curious about the feedback on this thing.  –Matt

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