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The military is responsible for shocking amounts of fraud. And because most civilians have zero experience with the military, the most we can do is say "thank y
by drumdance 11y ago
The military is responsible for shocking amounts of fraud. And because most civilians have zero experience with the military, the most we can do is say "thank you for your service." I bet the perpetrators of this embarrassment still hears that every time they go through an airport.
This article is a good overview of how this disconnect has to come to pass:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-tragedy-of-the-american-military/383516/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-trag...
- MaysonL 11y agoBack in the '80s I heard a rumor that one of the many large defence contractors who also had a fair amount of civilian work had many of their workers filling out two time cards (both for ~40 hr/wk) – one on civilian contracts, one on military contracts.