Aside from the politicians who have gotten fat on DoD spending to combat a boogie man, the levels of washing of funds would mean years of work to understand one year of spending.
Then there is funds procured outside of congressional budgets…
Everybody wants cuts to defense spending on both sides, except on both sides of the aisle.
Also congress is also partially to blame. I remember several years back generals arguing they didn’t need more Abrams but congress budgeted their purchase. Partially because the provide jobs in their districts, partially because of you don’t give them orders they’ll layoff the workforce and if you do need more in a hurry you can’t get it because they have to hire and train new people.
They have range days to use thousands of rounds of ammo to maintain budget, and that isn’t for an entire branch, we are talking about a Platoon or Company. That isn’t even touching on munitions usage unrelated to operations or training.
Then there was the pull out of Afghanistan that left behind billions in equipment.
That is what everyone is waiting for.
Aside from the politicians who have gotten fat on DoD spending to combat a boogie man, the levels of washing of funds would mean years of work to understand one year of spending.
Then there is funds procured outside of congressional budgets…
Everybody wants cuts to defense spending on both sides, except on both sides of the aisle.
They throw stuff away that is usable because if they don’t they lose the funding.
Also congress is also partially to blame. I remember several years back generals arguing they didn’t need more Abrams but congress budgeted their purchase. Partially because the provide jobs in their districts, partially because of you don’t give them orders they’ll layoff the workforce and if you do need more in a hurry you can’t get it because they have to hire and train new people.
They have range days to use thousands of rounds of ammo to maintain budget, and that isn’t for an entire branch, we are talking about a Platoon or Company. That isn’t even touching on munitions usage unrelated to operations or training.
Then there was the pull out of Afghanistan that left behind billions in equipment.