Today’s pretty sunset photo courtesy of the Marine Corps Flickr page.
The Ugly End to the Largest Service Contract in U.S History →
Dealings between KBR and the Army have gotten “very nasty” as the two try to close out the largest government services contract in U.S. history, according to an article in Federal Times.
Drunken Navy and Marine aviators, dozens of allegations of sexual assault, an initial investigative whitewash — the Tailhook Scandal revisited. The lessons learned from that incident seem to have been lost on our military leaders.
GAO: Hey Navy. How much will it cost to operate this ship?
Navy: We have no idea. In fact, we are 90% sure our current guess is wrong.
Navy Can’t Calculate Long Term Costs of Newest Ship
Image from the U.S. Navy.
The U.S. Navy has lots of fancy gadgets, including rail guns and laser cannons, but when they want to make sure two ships stay the same distance apart while refueling, they shoot a rope out of an M14 rifle.
Leave it to Colbert to explain why Congress’ decision to pay for the tank that even the Pentagon doesn’t want makes perfect sense.
F-35 office sees improved relations with contractor →
The head of the F-35 Joint Program Office told Congress that the program is continuing to improve, in part because of turnover at primary contractor Lockheed Martin.
“This is a film we were told time and time again not to pursue. We were told not to waste our time—no one would listen.”
See those nice new looking incinerators? They cost you $5 million, but they’ve never been used. Instead troops are still relying on dangerous open-air burn pits for their trash.
