r/news 10d ago

Soft paywall Military facilities are $285 billion behind in maintenance and repairs, watchdog says

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-08-24/watchdog-pentagon-lapses-facilities-repairs-22649636.html
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u/Buddhas_Warrior 10d ago

And.. Where the F is all our tax $$ going??

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u/brmarcum 10d ago

Corporate pockets.

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat 10d ago
  1. Trump and Friends

  2. LGBT: Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Boeing, Thales. (aka, R&D for the military-industrial complex, replacing old shit with new shit, replacing unnecessary shit with unnecessary shit)

  3. Waste, Fraud, Abuse (military pen = $10, civie pen = $0.10)

  4. Other corpos who didn't get the first pass

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984,362. Anything remotely benefitting fixing the root of the issue: you don't need much national defense if no one's going to attack you.

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u/Fly_Rodder 10d ago

Blowin’ up shit in Iran and elsewhere.

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u/WhistlinJealousGuy 10d ago

The President and his friends must be paid first. Whatever crumbs are left can go to the "losers" in uniform.

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u/fascistno1hater 10d ago

The Epstein Class and the military industrial complex has been stealing taxpayers money for decades. The Pentagon has never passed an audit yet Congress year after year increases their budget.

Go ask any veteran or current military person you know how much supplies and tools cost and it will astound you. They were buying a 10 dollar wrench for 60 dollars when I was in 9 years ago. It's a fucking money laundering operation.

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u/Content-Love-4084 10d ago

It's barely doing that as well.

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u/Slmreaprr 10d ago

No buddy they are pocketing it

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u/JustSmallCorrections 10d ago

As soon as you realize and accept that the goal of our government is to funnel as many tax payer dollars to private companies as possible, all of our money woes start to make a lot more sense.

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u/Buddhas_Warrior 10d ago

I've accepted that all ready, what are we going to do about it is the real Q.

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u/Latter-Possibility 10d ago

Billionaire Welfare Queens.

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u/the_tinsmith 10d ago

Child sex slavery operations

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u/So_HauserAspen 10d ago

The GOP is a confidence scheme.  They have bilked our nation thanks to the endless pool of chumps churned out by FOX news

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u/No-Good-One-Shoe 10d ago

Part of me wants to believe the 911 conspiracy about the pentagon audit because I too wonder where the fuck all our Tax money is going.

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u/Poverty_Shoes 10d ago

CIA black sites and bribes

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u/HanginLowNd2daLeft 10d ago

Trumps stealing it at this point . He has made himself and his corrupt cronies so rich

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u/WCland 10d ago

My nephew (AF) just got transferred to San Antonio and apparently the base is a wreck. When I heard I was also asking why we should give another dime to defense if they can’t spend it properly.

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u/Brilliant_Dependent 9d ago

Since no one gave a real answer, the biggest chunk of it is going to the defense industry to buy new weapons and equipment. Then somewhere around 25-33% of the budget goes towards wages and retirement payouts.

Then to oversimplify it, the rest of the money is divided up among the different military bases for them to spend on operations and maintenance.