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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 Ash Carter hosts Deputy Secretary of Defense, Bob Work during Work's farewell ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, thanks the Secretary for his service during a joint press conference with the Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, at the Pentagon, Jan. 10, 2017. This was Secretary Carter’s last press conference as the 25th Secretary of Defense. (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
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)
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter meets with Prince Mohammed bin Salman, deputy crown prince and minister of defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 4, 2015, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington to discuss matters of mutual importance. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)
SEOUL, South Korea (Sept. 30, 2013) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, second from right, stand at the Ouellette Observation Post at the Demilitarized Zone separating North Korea and South Korea, Sept (DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
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Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez listen to a video question during a virtual town hall at the Pentagon, Sept. 24, 2020. The Defense Department leaders answered questions asked by service members, their families, DOD civilians and the American public about the department’s COVID-19 response and diversity and inclusion. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos M. Vazquez II)
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.
"Four more were purchased from Alenia Aermacchi and sent to the U.S. in fiscal year 2013. Those newly built aircraft were scheduled to be sent directly to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. — better known as the boneyard..
"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.
"As SOCOM, the Coast Guard and the Forestry Service wait for an answer from the Pentagon, the Air Force has started shipping the 21 C-27Js to the boneyard.
"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
From: www.dodbuzz.com/2013/10/14/agencies-wait-for-decision-on-...
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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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Visit of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to Israel.
May 14, 2014
Photo credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
170531-N-WY954-065 CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (May 31, 2017) – U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis shakes hands with United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) Commander Adm. Harry Harris as he departs USPACOM headquarters. This is the first time Mattis has visited USPACOM headquarters since holding office as Secretary of Defense. During the meeting Mattis also met with USPACOM component commanders where they discussed challenges and opportunities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Robin W. Peak/Released)
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at 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)
Members of the Armed Forces Honor Guard carrying the state flags conduct a Pass in Review 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)
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)
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)
U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers questions during a press conference at the Pentagon, Mar. 25, 2016. During the press briefing with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, it was announced ISIL's 2nd in command and minister of finance Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli (also known as Haji Imam) was killed during a U.S. military operation. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/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)
36th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford and 37th Commandant of the Marine CorpsGen. Robert B. Neller render honors during the U.S. Marine Corps passage of command ceremony held at Marine Barracks, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2015. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford relinquished command to Gen. Robert B. Neller. Gen. Dunford will take over as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sept. 25, 2015. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reacts after a video presentation 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)
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)
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, renders honors while hosting 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)
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at 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)
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, depart the Pentagon Press Briefing Room following a press conference, Mar. 25, 2016. During the press briefing it was announced ISIL's 2nd in command and minister of finance Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli (also known as Haji Imam) was killed during a U.S. military operation. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta meets with Afghanistan's Minister of National Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak and Minister of Interior Gen. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi at the Pentagon on April 10 in Washington, D.C. Secretary Panetta with Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey hosted the two Afghan ministers for a third round of Afghanistan Security Consultations Forums. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
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
SINGAPORE (June 1, 2018) - Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis meets with Vietnam's Minister of Defense Ngo Xuan Lich during the Shangri-La Dialogue. The Shangri-La Dialogue, held annually by the independent think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), is an inter-governmental security forum which is attended by defense ministers and delegates from more than 50 nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Fulton) 180601-N-OU129-018
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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)
94-year-old U.S. Army Sgt. Herman Zeitchik, meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper, and U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a visit to the Pentagon, Aug. 29, 2019. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)
Gen. John W. "Jay" Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force addresses audience members at the U.S. Space Command change of command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., August 20, 2020. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
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)
Members of the House Appropriations Committee question Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left foreground, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, right foreground, and Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) Robert F. Hale, not shown, during a hearing March 13, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp, U.S. Army/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)
Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks with Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Senior Enlisted Leaders of the Armed Forces before a working breakfast at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.(DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/Released)
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. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense budget hearing, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 25, 2016.
Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper and U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff provide testimony to the House Armed Services Committee on Department of Defense authorities and roles related to civilian law inforcement in Washington D.C., July 9, 2020. (DOD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hold a press conference at the Pentagon, July 25, 2016.The pair discussed and answered questions regarding Turkey, the counter-ISIL campaign, and cyber security. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
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)
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)
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.
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.
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
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) David L. Norquist, and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony on the DOD posture and fiscal year 2019 budget request to the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. April. 26, 2018. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, center, presents an award to 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway, right, during a Passage of Command of the U.S. Marine Corps ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington in Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 2010. Conway relinquished command to Gen. James F. Amos, the first aviator in the history of the Marine Corps to hold the post and the first assistant commandant to be promoted to the position in more than 20 years. (DoD photo by Cherie Cullen/Released)
Secretary of Defense James Mattis meets with the Senior Enlisted Leaders of the Armed Forces during a working breakfast at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.(DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/Released)
Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, and Marine 1st Lt. Matthew Welsh, recite the U.S. Air Force Hymn during Gen. Welsh's retirement ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Gen. 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
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, center, congratulates 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos, right, and 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway during a Passage of Command of the U.S. Marine Corps ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington in Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 2010. (DoD photo by Cherie Cullen/Released)