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Old 12-06-2016, 01:44 PM
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No, that would be other waste, money spent by contractors, and so comes from procurement dollars, and so is built into the costs of airplanes and ships and stuff. This particular 125 B. is exclusive of procurement spending--it's part of the Pentagon's own operating cost and overhead.
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No, that would be other waste, money spent by contractors, and so comes from procurement dollars, and so is built into the costs of airplanes and ships and stuff. This particular 125 B. is exclusive of procurement spending--it's part of the Pentagon's own operating cost and overhead.
With a strong emphasis on the size of the Pentagon's support-service contractor workforce. From the article:

The data showed that the Defense Department was paying a staggering number of people — 1,014,000 contractors, civilians and uniformed personnel — to fill back-office jobs far from the front lines. That workforce supports 1.3 million troops on active duty, the fewest since 1940.
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Old 12-06-2016, 03:05 PM
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With a strong emphasis on the size of the Pentagon's support-service contractor workforce. From the article:

The data showed that the Defense Department was paying a staggering number of people — 1,014,000 contractors, civilians and uniformed personnel — to fill back-office jobs far from the front lines. That workforce supports 1.3 million troops on active duty, the fewest since 1940.

Actually, the 1,014,000 supports 1,002,000 troops on active duty, excluding 298,000 active duty troops who are part of the support workforce.

The 1,014,000 workforce breaks down to the 298,000 military, 448,000 civilian workers, and 268,000 support contractor personnel.

If the number of $200,000 per worker that they give is correct, the whole budget for support and overhead at the Pentagon is some $202 billion a year. The $125 B. the report says can be saved, over five years, with reforms they identify, represents 25 B. a year, a saving of about 12.4% on an annual basis.
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Actually, the 1,014,000 supports 1,002,000 troops on active duty, excluding 298,000 active duty troops who are part of the support workforce.

The 1,014,000 workforce breaks down to the 298,000 military, 448,000 civilian workers, and 268,000 support contractor personnel.

If the number of $200,000 per worker that they give is correct, the whole budget for support and overhead at the Pentagon is some $202 billion a year. The $125 B. the report says can be saved, over five years, with reforms they identify, represents 25 B. a year, a saving of about 12.4% on an annual basis.
Oops. Thanks. Sure is a lot of overhead, it seems.
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An incredible lot.
It takes a lot of overhead to cover those pallet loads of shrink wrapped $100 bills that went missing in Iraq.
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