Highlights from AUSA

[mirth]

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24138/here-are-some-of-the-most-interesting-items-on-display-at-the-armys-huge-arms-expo

[bayonetbrant]

I got to go a few years ago and it was incredible. It's free to just walk around the floor

[trailrunner]

I worked in Army S&T for almost a decade.  After the GSA travel scandal and sequestration around 2012 and 2013, we were not allowed to go unless we took a day of leave and went on our personal time as John Q. Citizen.  I thought that was a little silly because we live in the DC area so it wouldn't require any hotels or airfares (just a metro ride or a short drive), and we worked for the Army and needed to learn what all the vendors were doing, and blah blah blah.  I tried requesting attendance for some of my employees, but was never approved, except one year I somehow got approved to attend.  I was already familiar with most of the products and systems so I thought was OK.  But what I remember the most was the incredibly overpriced food.

[mirth]

But what I remember the most was the incredibly overpriced food.

That's pretty much every exhibition/trade show/convention.

[bayonetbrant]

But what I remember the most was the incredibly overpriced food.

That's pretty much every exhibition/trade show/convention.

That's why you bring your boss along and let him expense it