The Pentagon has planned to destroy around $1 billion dollars worth of ammo since April 2014, all because they say there is no system in place to share them across different branches of our armed forces.
“Despite years of effort, the Army, Navy and Air Force still don’t have an efficient process for doing something as basic as sharing excess bullets. This Government Accountability Office (GAO) report clearly shows that our military’s antiquated systems lead to millions of dollars in wasteful ammunition purchases.” states Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
And how much did DHS purchase?
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there go tax payer money
don’t they know how to get boxes and count out same amount for each one — I mean come on a 5 year old can do that
thats crazy
I don’t believe this ! They are going to use it on citizens and all those tanks and heavy armored trucks are not for police either !
Now that plain stupid. We have people going into service who could this on the range as pratice Ammo. Has the pentagon gone bats?
Take me to my men for I their leader. For which way did they go.
to keep Americans from being able to defend itself when Obama gives our country away. Why else!
because Obama wants them too.
find a way
Sovereign Mary says:
“What a stupendous idiotic waste of taxpayers money! The statement includes the destruction of the ammunition and the Pentagon’s Military Industrial Complex!”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/pentagon-destroy-1-billion-ammunition/comment-page-21/#comment-557525