ORAC, a whole lot of that waste has to do with the structure of the system. Having been personally involved in a BRAC team in the early 00's, the functional choices to close bases based on requirements and cost ran afoul of LOCAL POLITICAL issues being driven by selected members of the House. Once again, an inefficient result. I could go on, but the pile of
zero value added requirements thrown at the services is staggering. It leaks into everything. Who writes the rules on all that?
ing Congress.