U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center left, is escorted through an honors arrival ceremony by Bahraini Minister of State for Defence Affairs Gen. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa in Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 5, 2013. Hagel visited Bahrain to speak at the Manama Dialogue.(DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/Released)

Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on counter-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant operations and Middle East strategy at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C., Apr. 28, 2016.. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

SEOUL, South Korea (Dec. 2, 2021) - Adm. John C. Aquilino, commander, U.S.Indo-Pacific Command, Gen. Won In-choul, South Korean chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen. Paul LaCamera, commander, U.S. Forces Korea speak prior to a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Dec. 2, 2021. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) 211202-D-TT977-0965

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The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps performs the 'Troop in Review' as Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosts the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of the Honorable Ashton B. Carter, 25th Secretary of Defense, at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Jan. 9, 2017. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen prior to the start of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense budget hearing, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 25, 2016. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released

Incoming Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and his wife, Stephanie, visit the graves of fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Feb. 17, 2015. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Hurt/Released)

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attends the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) change of command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 30, 2021. Adm. John Aquilino relieved Adm. Philip Davidson and became the 26th Commander of USINDOPACOM, the nation’s oldest and largest combatant command that covers 36 nations and more than 50 percent of the world’s population. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)

SecDef Pete Segeth arriving into Singapore for IISS Shangrila 30th May

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony on the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense to members of the House Armed Services Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington D.C., April 12, 2018. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

PEARL HARBOR (May 27, 2015) Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., left, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III and Adm. Scott H. Swift, render honors during the joint U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) and U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. During the dual ceremony, Swift relieved Harris as the PACFLT commander and Harris assumed command of USPACOM from Locklear. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jay M. Chu/Released)

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan meets with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, at the prime minister’s residence, Tokyo, Japan, June 4, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

In this photo provided by ISAF Regional Command (South), U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates walks with a group of service members at Forward Operating Base Walton, Sunday, June 5, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visit to Israel

July 19-21, 2015

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Republic of Korea’s Minister of Defense Suh Wook for the 53rd U.S.-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 2, 2021. The annual Security Consultative Meeting plays a role towards continuing the U.S.-ROK Alliance. (DOD Photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Carlos M. Vazquez II)

SecDef COVID-19 Vaccine Message

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers COVID-19 Vaccine message.

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Hello there, I’m Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense.

I wanted to speak with you today about the coronavirus ... and about how we can all chip in to defeat this pandemic once and for all. As you have probably seen, we are going to be sending teams of active-duty professionals to assist FEMA in administering vaccines at select locations around the country. This, of course, comes on top of the more than 20,000 National Guardsmen and women assisting state and local authorities across the country, as part of the whole-of-government response.

In other words, we’re pitching in to help our fellow citizens as quickly and safely as possible. We’re part of a larger team of federal and state agencies, and we are working hard - leaning in - to be productive members of that team. We’re also working hard to make vaccines available to every member of the DoD family who wants one.

You know we’ve approached this effort deliberately and in phases, making sure that we prioritized our frontline health care workers, and our deploying troops and those most vulnerable... but as we continue to advance through these phases, we want to make sure that all of you have the information that you need to make the best decisions for your families. And so I encourage you to visit the CDC website for more information about the vaccines, as well as our own site at Defense.gov.

And when you do, you’ll see that these vaccines have undergone intensive safety monitoring. You’ll see that they are safe and they are effective. And you’ll see that millions of your fellow citizens have already taken them with little to no side effects.

You know, I’ve taken it myself. After talking with my doctor, I believed it was the right thing to do -- not only for my health -- but also for my ability to do the job and to contribute to our readiness.

Of course, I also still practice social distancing, and I’ll still wear a mask while I’m here in the Pentagon and everywhere else I go. And so we’ll need your continued support in that regard. But I encourage you to have a discussion with your primary care physician about taking the vaccine. And if you believe, as I did, that it’s the right thing for you ... I hope that you’ll consider accepting it when it’s offered to you.

And finally, thank you for all you and your families do...each and every day...to keep our country safe.

I’d ask that you please take care of yourselves and your teammates. And please do what you can to keep each other safe. Thank you.

Defense Secretary James Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, update the media on the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria during a joint press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 19, 2017. (Dept. of Defense photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/Released)

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Republic of Korea’s Minister of Defense Suh Wook for the 53rd U.S.-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 2, 2021. The annual Security Consultative Meeting plays a role towards continuing the U.S.-ROK Alliance. (DOD Photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Carlos M. Vazquez II)

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attends the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) change of command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 30, 2021. Adm. John Aquilino relieved Adm. Philip Davidson and became the 26th Commander of USINDOPACOM, the nation’s oldest and largest combatant command that covers 36 nations and more than 50 percent of the world’s population. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 25, 2021) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Oscar Ortiz, from Newark, N.J., administers the COVID-19 vaccination aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) as part of the continuation of the “Expanded Distribution” phase of the Department of Defense (DoD) COVID-19 vaccination plan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wesley Richardson)

Defense Secretary Ash Carter delivers remarks at the retirement ceremony for Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Welsh was commissioned as an Air Force officer in June 1976, and became chief of staff in August 2012. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

June 6th, 2014 - SecDef plane - D-Day 70th anniversary

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attends the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) change of command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 30, 2021. Adm. John Aquilino relieved Adm. Philip Davidson and became the 26th Commander of USINDOPACOM, the nation's oldest and largest combatant command that covers 36 nations and more than 50 percent of the world's population. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)

Defense Secretary James Mattis, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, host Cooper Smith and his family during a visit at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., April 2, 2018. (DOD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, deliver remarks at the retirement ceremony for Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Welsh was commissioned as an Air Force officer in June 1976, and became chief of staff in August 2012. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

SINGAPORE (June. 1, 2018) - Defense Secretary James N. Mattis meets with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. (DoD photo by Tech Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.) 180601-D-IO684-014

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work’s farewell ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2017. (DOD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Seated from left, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Australian Minister for Defense David Johnston sign a force posture agreement aimed at enhancing military cooperation and security in the Pacific region Aug. 12, 2014, during the annual Australia-U.S. ministerial conference in Sydney. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jay M. Chu, U.S. Navy/Released)

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attends the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) change of command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 30, 2021. Adm. John Aquilino relieved Adm. Philip Davidson and became the 26th Commander of USINDOPACOM, the nation’s oldest and largest combatant command that covers 36 nations and more than 50 percent of the world’s population. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)

Brig Gen. Charles L. Hudson, commanding general of 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), welcomes Secretary of Defense Robert Gates during a visit with Marines and sailors at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Dec. 8. Gates visited Camp Leatherneck to give thanks to all the troops who are supporting the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt Brian A. Lautenslager)

Commander of Troops for the ceremony, Army Col. Jason T. Garkey, signals the end of the ceremony during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of the Honorable Ashton B. Carter, 25th Secretary of Defense, at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Jan. 9, 2017. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, and Under Secretary of Defense Mike McCord appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense fiscal year 2017 budget hearing, on Capitol Hill, April 27, 2016. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis deliver remarks on U.S strategy in the Asia-Pacific region at the 16th Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security conference in Singapore, June 3, 2017. Mattis and Dunford are in Singapore to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, an Asia-focused defense summit, where they will meet with regional allies and counterparts to discuss common security issues. (Dept. of Defense photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/Released)

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, who arrived in Israel last night (April 20), was received by a full honor guard of IDF soldiers at the Ministry of Defense and IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 21, 2017. He then met with Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman and other senior defense officials.

A coin placed by Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter sits on a headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Jan. 19, 2017, in Arlington, Va. Carter also placed a challenge coin on each of the headstones they visited. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue/Arlington National Cemetery/released)

Robert Hale thanks his wife during remarks at his farewell ceremony.

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey joined Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and guests to say farewell to outgoing Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Robert Hale in the Pentagon Auditorium, July 7, 2014. DoD photo by SSG Sean K. Harp, USA

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon to announce the latest in his Force of the Future reforms focused on improving the quality of life for military personnel, Jan. 28, 2016. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz/Released)

Secretary of Defense, Dr. Mark T. Esper, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, and Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters, commander, U.S. European Command, brief the media on the European Strategic Force Posture Review, July 29, 2020. (DoD Photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense fiscal year 2017 budget hearing, on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2017. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,

and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on counter-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant operations and Middle East strategy at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C., Apr. 28, 2016.. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, attends the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) change of command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 30, 2021. Adm. John Aquilino relieved Adm. Philip Davidson and became the 26th Commander of USINDOPACOM, the nation's oldest and largest combatant command that covers 36 nations and more than 50 percent of the world's population. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, on April 22, 2013, visited Israeli Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, where he surveyed an Israeli Honor Guard, participated in a joint meeting with Minister of Defense Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon, and held a joint press conference with the Minister.

photo credit: Matty stern/U.S. embassy Tel Aviv

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, listens to remarks from Defense Secretary during his retirement ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Welsh was commissioned as an Air Force officer in June 1976, and became chief of staff in August 2012. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a joint press conference with the Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, at the Pentagon, Jan. 10, 2017. This was Secretary Carterճ last press conference as the 25th Secretary of Defense. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)

Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Maj. Gen. Darryl W. Burke, Commander of the Air Force District of Washington and the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing, before the retirement ceremony for Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Welsh was commissioned as an Air Force officer in June 1976, and became chief of staff in August 2012. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro

Total cost to you, the taxpayer: US$1.6 Billion

The video above is an official, United States Air Force video.

Detailed information on it is available below.

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I ask you, the viewer, to consider to what extent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse is present in the Department of Defense.

Approximately 12 years ago, former SecDef (Secretary of Defense) Donald Rumsfeld addressed the DoD and and said in part that, "The technology revolution has transformed organizations across the private sector, but not ours, not fully, not yet. We are, as they say, tangled in our anchor chain. Our financial systems are decades old. According to some estimates, we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions. We cannot share information from floor to floor in this building because it's stored on dozens of technological systems that are inaccessible or incompatible.

We maintain 20 to 25 percent more base infrastructure than we need to support our forces, at an annual waste to taxpayers of some $3 billion to $4 billion. Fully half of our resources go to infrastructure and overhead, and in addition to draining resources from warfighting, these costly and outdated systems, procedures and programs stifle innovation as well. A new idea must often survive the gauntlet of some 17 levels of bureaucracy to make it from a line officer's to my desk. I have too much respect for a line officer to believe that we need 17 layers between us. "

DOD Acquisition and Logistics Excellence Week Kickoff—Bureaucracy to Battlefield

Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, The Pentagon , Monday, September 10, 2001

Source: www.defense.gov/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=430

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"The Air Force had planned to field a fleet of 38 C-27Js across the service as part of the Joint Cargo Aircraft Program. The Air Force had 15 C-27Js stationed at Guard bases and another two at Waco, Texas, at a L-3 Communications plant.

"The Air Force spent about $1.6 billion to purchase those first 21 aircraft. (emphasis added, ed.) However, soon after the first C-27Js arrived in Afghanistan in 2011 to start resupplying deployed Army units, the Air Force said it could no longer afford the luxury of the aircraft.

"If a decision had come sooner, the agencies could have picked up the aircraft directly from the Air Force unit, an Air Force official said. However, the defense budget called for the Air Force to retire the C-27J by the end of fiscal year 2013."

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Agencies Await Decision on C-27J’s Fate

By Michael Hoffman Monday, October 14th, 2013 10:21 pm

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B-Roll of personnel at AMARG applying spraylat to an aircraft going into the boneyard. Produced by Airman 1st Class Kelly Greenwell.

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U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, serves as a witness during the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense budget hearing, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 25, 2016. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released

A guest at the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action National Recognition Day ceremony smiles following the ceremony at the Pentagon River Terrace Parade Field, Sept. 18, 2015. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)

Defense Secretary James Mattis, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, host Cooper Smith and his family during a visit at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., April 2, 2018. (DOD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

A Marine shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates during his visit with members of 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Dec. 8. During Gates’ visit he applauded the troops for their accomplishments and dedication. He shook hands with each service member, thanking them for their service.