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I spoke with military logistics folks about ten years ago. They told me that at one point, DoD had over 40,000 containers missing in Iraq. 40,000. But yes, if
by DanielBMarkham 11y ago
I spoke with military logistics folks about ten years ago. They told me that at one point, DoD had over 40,000 containers missing in Iraq.
40,000.
But yes, if you keep throwing money at a problem, it tends to go away. Or at least disappear.
For as long as there have been armies, good logistics continues to be a critical need. There's a reason large army deployments are always accompanied by large black markets.
- vinceguidry 11y agoAlso, US military procurement could not possibly work without a free market in which they could buy supplies in. There's entirely too many different kinds of things they need, from uniforms to food to parts for materiel. It would be utterly impossible to manage the production and distribution of these things of these things without a robust market that rewards everyone involved.