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DoD’s Strategy-Resource Mismatch
Decades ago, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara asked the simple question: how much is enough? The answer, of course, is not a number but rather another more difficult question: enough for what? As the U.S. military embarks on a new operation in the Middle East and as members of Congress return to their home districts to campaign, these questions remain unresolved. Should the military be resourced to fight terrorist groups like ISIL, counter Russian moves in Eastern Europe, balance China’s rising power and influence in the Asia Pacific region, fight Ebola in Africa, or some combination of these?
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Cost Of Bombing ISIS Closing In On $1 Billion
The U.S. military operations targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria have already cost taxpayers between $780 and $930 million, according to an analysis by an independent think tank.
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U.S. Campaign Against ISIS Has Cost Nearly $1 Billion So Far, Report Says
U.S. military operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) have cost up to $930 million as of Sept. 24, according to a report released earlier this week, as the Pentagon broadens its air campaign against extremist Sunni militants in Syria and Iraq.
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Tab for Trucks Pentagon Doesn’t Need Could Top $100M
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.
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War’s Costs
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said last week that the Pentagon is spending $7 million to $10 million a day on operations in Iraq, and now Syria, that began Aug. 8 and include airstrikes, humanitarian air drops and the addition of what will soon be 1,600 U.S. advisers and headquarters personnel in Iraq.
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The Pentagon’s Special War Funding Account Isn’t Going Away
/.../ Placing stricter restrictions on how OCO money is spent likely means the spending account will remain in place, said Todd Harrison, senior fellow for defense budget studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. “That is part of keeping it around long-term is changing the criteria for what counts as OCO.”