Posted on May 10, 2014
$20 Billion price tag for the new Marine 1 fleet... thoughts?
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Office of the President (POTUS)
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That money sure would go along way toward keeping some folks in the ranks.
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CW2 Joseph Evans
$20 billion over 10 years? What? One general and his staff? You know who gets cut first and who gets cut last. But yes, there are a lot of cuts that could be made that would keep folks in the ranks, people who deserve it.
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Suffice it that the President needs a variety of secure and reliable transportation types; helicopters, vans, limos, and Air Force One. The technical requirements are what drive up the price, not the service that manages it; that's pretty much irrelevant here.
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Spin? 6 Aircraft in my backyard when I lived at Bolling. Don't know how many now? 2 attacks and 4 people carriers. Support Staff, Repair Parts and Equipment Special Outfitting and When I was in everything had to pass some Unrealistic Excessive MILSTD. I just dont know. Also Daily Mail? I lived in London and remember the Daily Mail as "Yellow" Shock Rag. Never mind just looked it up on Line. It's a Rupert Murdoch Product like FOX. This story is BS!
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CW2 Joseph Evans
Thank you. I figured there was some number fudging trying to get a 1.7 billion contract to cost 20 billion once everything was in place, but I know a running tally can sometimes add up fast.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
If ever anyone needs to be accused of just eating up a budget. That would be my Group with our proverbial "Black Budget". Bottomless Pit that is Military Intelligence that no one ever questions. I've seen and done some things that just make you want to cry at the waste but "We have to know what everybody else is doing and saying". OMG!
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