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I'm interested to hear where you get $30K in support costs for a regular service member. Very rough calculations indicate at least $100,000 per person based sol
by jff 15y ago
I'm interested to hear where you get $30K in support costs for a regular service member. Very rough calculations indicate at least $100,000 per person based solely on the "military personnel" (payroll, perhaps food etc.?), of $154 billion. That's not even touching the $283 billion in operations and maintenance.
- Vivtek 15y agoI'm just going on take-home pay, tacitly assuming that the infrastructure required to support a person is roughly equivalent. And honestly, Blackwater's infrastructure also probably cost more, but I was just looking at salary. Mercenaries are expensive.