So why wasn’t that training being put to use? Why was Trahn relying on the old brute-force methods? Trahn said it was because the Army didn’t have the equipment and supplies for the tech solutions, and a check of the depots confirmed that nothing was available in local storage. The suppliers hadn’t delivered. It came as no real surprise that the Army didn’t have what they needed; it had been that way too often during Tom’s time in service. The Army shouldn’t have been shorted that way, but they had been. The politicians took no action. They never did.