After his successful operation despite overwhelming odds against the Red Falcon invasion, Lt. William "Mad Dog" Rizer testifies before Congress about the lack of properly supplied equipment.
LT. RIZER: Right. Now, I know that at the time of our deployment, resources were already committed to providing support for the Bionic Commando project, but sending two men to fight an entire army of technologically advanced aliens… I can’t imagine that America needed to close the grapple-arm gap that badly. And our equipment was… well, it was sub-par.
SEN. VAN HOUSEN: It says in our files that you were not issued body armor, is that correct?
LT. RIZER: No ma’am, that’s a misprint.
SEN. VAN HOUSEN: So you were issued body armor?
LT. RIZER: No ma’am. We weren’t even issued shirts. But that wouldn’t have been such an issue if we hadn’t been given substandard weaponry.
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