the military doesnt have to earn its keep like we do. they just get congress to steal the money from the american public (taxpayers - another name for robbery victems) and hand it over to them on a pork platter
Arizona Daily Star
October 27, 1999
Report criticizes military for inadequate inventory controls
1999 Cox News Service
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military keeps such poor track inventory that one branch can buy equipment, such as radar or engine parts, even as another branch discards identical items as surplus,, federal auditors said yesterday.
More than two decades after this problem was first exposed by the Defense Department itself, the Pentagon has yet to reform the way it manages $4 billion in spare parts used by more than one service, the U.S. General Accounting Office said in a report to Congress.
As a result, personnel in the Air Force are often in the dark about what's available in the warehouses of the Army or the Navy.
Fixing the problem would bring "considerable savings," said the GAO. Earlier this year, the Defense Department's inspector general reported that the military had "inappropriately disposed 4 $3.5 million of assets without proper authorization" and "retained $1.5 million of excess assets that could have been used by, another service.