Page Updated March 8, 2006

LTC Leslie Oakes presenting Brad with a First Place Trophy Camp Ames Korea,
April 1974 Military Karate Champion South Korea (Black Belt). The tournament was held in Osan .


16 years Old Regular Army, December 1972

WHY DOES PICATINNY, NJ. (ARDEC) STILL SUPPORT A DEFECTIVE WEAPONS LUBRICANT THAT OUR TROOPS DON'T WANT AND DOES NOT WORK IN COMBAT?

1. Picatinny's cherished twenty-five year old weapons lubricant, MilSpec CLP, has never worked in combat. In Desert Storm and in all conflicts since, troops have consistently complained that CLP causes weapons to jam when they are needed most.

2. In spite of this, TACOM/ARDEC continues to insist that CLP is “State of the Art” despite the overwhelming evidence from our troops in theater that swear it’s worthless.

3. The consequence has been constant weapons malfunctions during combat operations, resulting in unnecessary injury and death to our troops.

4. Militec, Inc. is drawing this situation to your attention because troops are going into combat with weapons that don’t work in sustained firefights. This is not some half-baked scheme to boost our sales. Good men and women are in harm’s way and the situation must be changed.

5. The problem lies in the simple fact that CLP was developed to conform to simulated laboratory tests rather than to the ever-changing field conditions our troops encounter.

6. Army bureaucrats at TACOM/RDECOM must justify simulated testing programs in their laboratories to fund their existence. If they were to rely on field reports, their programs might not be justified.

7. Militec, Inc. produces a dry weapons lube, MILITEC-1, which has been mandated by the Secret Service since 1992 and has proven its effectiveness in every conflict since Desert Storm. The Army’s own After Action Report states quite clearly, “Soldiers considered a product called Militec to be a much better solution (than CLP) for lubricating individual and crew-served weapons.” MILITEC-1 saves lives by preventing weapons malfunctions in combat. The USG ordered two million dollars of MILITEC-1 last year and this year will exceed that amount based on troop demand.

8. Since MILITEC-1 poses a direct threat to career bureaucrat’s existence, certain individuals at Picatinny, NJ have consistently done their utmost to block troops’ access to MILITEC-1.

9. Examples: 1. During the mid-nineties, TACOM/ARDEC cancelled MILITEC-1’s NSNs. Nineteen members of Congress demanded that they be reinstated. 2. Just days into OIF, TACOM cancelled over $150,000 in troop orders for MILITEC-1, without notifying the commanders in theater. 3. Currently, there is an on-going lubricant test at APG in MD. MILITEC-1 was immediately disqualified in an artificial test specifically designed to favor CLP. This classified information was then deliberately leaked in a further attempt to discredit MILITEC-1. 4. Even though MILITEC-1 has proper NSNs and is approved for use by the Pentagon, field units are falsely being told that it is not approved and advised not to use it.

10. The handful of career bureaucrats responsible for fixing this problem are unable to do so, because it would be admitting that by holding the status quo for the past fifteen (15) years, they are directly responsible for injury and death to our forces. This is why they will fall on their swords before they allow MILITEC-1 into “their system.” The only way to fix this injustice is by promptly punishing those individuals responsible, and by insuring that others in their “old boy network” will never again be allowed to use our troops as Guinea Pigs.

11. Militec, Inc. has received over 25,000 unsolicited emails from our troops since Operation Enduring Freedom, and we've shipped over 300,000 free bottles of MILITEC-1. We also cover the cost of shipping and have happily spent over $1,000,000.00 from our small company’s coffers to respond to our troops’ requests for a product that will hopefully bring them home to their loved ones in one piece.