Funny you should mention this. So my mom was a civil-service accountant/programmer for the armed services at NAS Moffett Field in the 1970's. She recounted st

Funny you should mention this. So my mom was a civil-service accountant/programmer for the armed services at NAS Moffett Field in the 1970's. She recounted story after story of conspicous waste, especially related to expensive aircraft parts (lost/stolen/missing). Also, a guy I know became very unpopular (career ending) with COs for objecting to needlessly chewing up $1 mil helicopter turbines. So it seems par for the course.