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Originally Posted by PornoMonster
The ARMY's 5 Billion waste.. Guess it was JUST the Army.
When I was in 1989-90's we were only GIVEN 4 uniforms in Basic 2 Warm weather and 2 cold weather. We were then given a Yearly Clothing allowance to Purchase whatever we needed from the Base Store. The Clothing Allowance barely covered one set a year, those things were expensive.....
So it would only be the NEW soldiers for the time listed, also maybe if when implemented they gave all active soldiers a set.
I would Love to invent something that didn't work besides being clothing and sell to the gov for 10 years... HAHA 70 million into 5 billion is what $70 for shirt and pants?? (math could be way off, just a guess)
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When the army went over to the grey digi's they completely changed everything so no part of the uniform stayed the same - covers, socks, boots, tee-shirts, blouse, trousers. Not only did they change these but OEF and OIF battlefield required a durable but light weight flame retarded material because soldiers and Marines were getting burned while being trapped inside trucks after IED blast. A lot of the budget was faced toward the development of the "NEW" materials to create the uniform that protected us in combat.
Factor in issuing that out to Active, Reserve, National Guard and I think it's quite cheap. Oh and I forgot the Gortex materials as well, pants and jacket for each soldier cost about $3-400 bones.