[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Report: Pentagon to destroy $1B in ammunition"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report: Pentagon to destroy $1B in ammunition

by Tom Vanden Brook
USA TODAY
April 28, 2014


WASHINGTON - The Pentagon plans to destroy more than $1 billion worth  
of ammunition although some of those bullets and missiles could still  
be used by troops, according to the Pentagon and congressional sources.

It's impossible to know what portion of the arsenal slated for  
destruction - valued at $1.2 billion by the Pentagon - remains viable  
because the Defense Department's inventory systems can't share data  
effectively, according to a Government Accountability Office report  
obtained by USA TODAY.

The result: potential waste of unknown value.

"There is a huge opportunity to save millions, if not billions of  
dollars if the (Pentagon) can make some common-sense improvements to  
how it manages ammunition," said Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., and  
chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.  
"Despite years of effort, the Army, Navy and Air Force still don't  
have an efficient process for doing something as basic as sharing  
excess bullets. This Government Accountability Office (GAO) report  
clearly shows that our military's antiquated systems lead to millions  
of dollars in wasteful ammunition purchases."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/27/pentagon- 
ammunition-sen-tom-carper-gao-waste/8145729/

For the Highlights from GAO and a link to the full report, go to
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-182

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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