Thread: The Army?s $5 billion waste
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Old 10-15-2013, 07:54 AM  
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Originally Posted by Rochard View Post
I honestly don't remember what our clothing allowance was, but I am sure the military subsidized everything.

I know that when it came to cammies, you never had enough. I always had five or six for use in the field, five or six for general use, and two or three brand new ones for what dumb duty was assigned to me and ceremonies. I also most likely had more in a state of utter dis-repair.

Yeah, that would boil down to about $35 for pants, and $35 for a blouse. Then don't forget the cover.

I'm just saying.... The $5 billion wasn't "wasted". It was used to clothe our military for a ten year period.
But they aren't using that camp type. So they spent a lot of money on uniforms that can't be used in combat.. Hence useless and a waste of money.. They had to use different uniforms in Iraq and Afghan.
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