A U.S. Stryker Vehicle Rolls Down A Farm Road Near Khan Bani Sa'ad Iraq On March 1, 2008. Steve Lannen/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT
DOD Inspector General Finds $900 Million Stockpile Of Stryker Parts -- McClatchy News
The Army program charged with keeping thousands of eight-wheeled Strykers running over the past decade had its eye so much on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that it neglected to keep its books.
It accumulated nearly $900 million worth of Stryker replacement parts - most of them in an Auburn warehouse - with much of the gear becoming outdated even as the military continued to order more equipment, according to a Defense Department Inspector General report released late last year.
Take, for instance, the $57 million worth of obsolete infrared equipment the Army has not installed in Strykers since 2007. It lingered at the Stryker warehouse until the Inspector General called attention to it last year.
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My Comment: The sad part of this story is that one cannot help but feel that this is just the tip of the iceberg.