Tab for trucks Pentagon doesn't need could top $100M

[unhappycamper]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/30/pentagon-afghanistan-waste/16479841/



Tab for trucks Pentagon doesn't need could top $100M
Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY 9:52 a.m. EDT October 1, 2014

WASHINGTON — The Army and Marine Corps may have wasted more than $100 million returning vehicles from Afghanistan that they don't need over just a one-year period, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Tuesday.

The services could have saved the money by blowing up the trucks or turning them over to allies, the report says. Over a one-year period, the Army and Marines returned 1,000 vehicles to the United States that the service didn't need, at a cost of as much as $107,400 per vehicle.

The Pentagon has made some progress in reining in its costs, GAO notes, but not enough.

"However, due to ineffective internal controls, the Army and Marine Corps may be incurring unnecessary costs by returning equipment that potentially exceeds service needs or is not economical to return and repair," the report says.

[libodem]

1. Cool

One for every police force in the country. And eventually the school districts. Yay!


(Because sometimes it just isn't clear)