02-12-2004, 02:43 AM
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| Super Moderator   | Lake City, MO. no shortage of bullets. LAKE CITY, Mo. — At the Army ammunition plant here, there's no shortage of bullets. Since the war with Iraq this year, the plant — the United States' only remaining military small-arms facility — has hired an extra 1,000 workers to manufacture an additional 3 million rounds each day. But for the first time, the output is not enough. "You have got wars going on in Iraq and Afghanistan. You've got the active forces. Now, you're also bringing on the guard and reserve units that weren't part of the mix," said Lt. Col. James Jones , commander at the plant. Significant changes in troop training requirements, together with increased combat demands, have necessitated unprecedented ammo production. So, for the first time in decades, the U.S. military is going elsewhere — like Illinois and Israel — for ammo supplies. The pressure is still on the Lake City plant, however, to play a key role in the battle strategy in the war on terror. "If my life was on the line and I had to have that one bullet that was going to save my life, I would want to make sure that it is going to work," said plant employee John Rinkenbaugh.
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