Here’s How the Military Wasted Your Money in 2014 — War Is Boring

One thing that is pointed out is how the Congress has a tendency to override the military wishes. My cousin used to work in the Pentagon planning for future budgets for the USAF. He told me how they might ask for "X" (number) of new aircraft but by the time it got through the Appropriations Committee it has ballooned up to "Y" because those aircraft were made in Congressman/woman "Z's" district. Yes there is excess spending that does not need to happen in the military, but there is also a problem where if you are efficient with your budgets you are slighted for it the next year. Do I think it will ever change? Not in my lifetime. It would take a serious effort from the top, down to the lowest levels. Only a president or new Sec Def could order such a review and neither side of the political spectrum wants it done without benefiting someone who contributed something to their campaigns.

This is a very one-sided article......let me move the conversation to a more individual level of responsibility that we can all make a difference concerning spending.

We (all of us) have a vote or two in the way some of the money is spent....at the local level, do we always do our best to shut off lights? Will you take an active role to make a difference?

That's an excellent article, SSgt (Join to see). Weapons systems, aircraft, ships, and tanks make up a good portion of the budget. Then there are personnel costs and retirees (like me) that make up an ever larger chunk.

Probably not a terribly good time for the DoD, budget wise anyhow.

I know a guy who works for DLA (right, SGT Steven Montgomery?). The author didn't have too much nice to say about that agency. It's the wasteful spending that turns people who should be our friends, in Congress say, like Senator McCain, into critics. Not to mention the American people.