F-15 Eagle, Still King Of The Hill !

[GUNS-R-US]

I just heard the cost of one soldier for one year in Afghanistan is $1,000,000.00 (one million dollars). How can that be? That is $2,379.72 A DAY!

I know I'm not getting paid all that! Though I should be!

[GUNS-R-US]

I'm going back on Active duty in Jan., but my paycheck will only be a little over 5k a month! So where's the rest going?

[fightingquaker13]

I'm going back on Active duty in Jan., but my paycheck will only be a little over 5k a month! So where's the rest going?

Beans, boots and bullets, plus transport, plus intel support, plus medical, plus airsupport plus........
FQ13

[GUNS-R-US]

Beans, boots and bullets, plus transport, plus intel support, plus medical, plus airsupport plus........
FQ13

Yea Yea that's what they always say!

[billt]

http://www.gunreports.com/news/ammo/Winchester-ICE-Homeland-Security-ICE_1460-1.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081006195110AAn2yk6

So the Dept. Of Homeland Security orders 200,000,000 (read TWO HUNDRED MILLION) rounds of .40 caliber ammunition. As of 2007 they employ about 209,000 people. How many of those 209,000 carry weapons? I'll bet it's less than 10% if that. 10% of 209,000 is just under 21,000 armed employees. So 200,000,000 rounds divided by 21,000 armed employees equates to 9,523 rounds per employee! Has anyone in this organization EVER FIRED A SHOT IN ANGER? This is insanity. And you can bet Winchester didn't give this guys Cabela's pricing on this stuff.  Bill T.

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[GUNS-R-US]

http://www.gunreports.com/news/ammo/Winchester-ICE-Homeland-Security-ICE_1460-1.html

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081006195110AAn2yk6

So the Dept. Of Homeland Security orders 200,000,000 (read TWO HUNDRED MILLION) rounds of .40 caliber ammunition. As of 2007 they employ about 209,000 people. How many of those 209,000 carry weapons? I'll bet it's less than 10% if that. 10% of 209,000 is just under 21,000 armed employees. So 200,000,000 rounds divided by 21,000 armed employees equates to 9,523 rounds per employee! Has anyone in this organization EVER FIRED A SHOT IN ANGER? This is insanity. And you can bet Winchester didn't give this guys Cabela's pricing on this stuff.  Bill T.

The Coast Guard is under the Dept. of Homeland inSecurity!

[GUNS-R-US]

The Coast Guard is under the Dept. of Homeland inSecurity!

their about 36k strong I think

[tombogan03884]

Guns R us, They are not b/sing you, The US military has the longest logistics tail in the world, some thing like 10:1, it not only includes the supply people packing the gear that gets shipped over, but the clerk who handles the paperwork, even the PAO, and the unit Family liaison and recruiters are included in the estimate.
Billt, I would bet that they paid less than Cabela's (Cheaper by the dozen million    ) and agreed to spread the order out over a period of time, also, while no one may have actually needed to fire a shot in anger there ARE training requirements to be met that require a certain number of rounds.
I know when I was in the Marines carter kept the military on such a short budget that if you did not pass your annual rifle qual. there was not enough ammo in the budget for a requal. you had to wait till the following year. Part of that 200 million rounds could be planning hoarding  for a rainy day.

[GUNS-R-US]

Guns R us, They are not b/sing you, The US military has the longest logistics tail in the world, some thing like 10:1, it not only includes the supply people packing the gear that gets shipped over, but the clerk who handles the paperwork, even the PAO, and the unit Family liaison and recruiters are included in the estimate.
Billt, I would bet that they paid less than Cabela's (Cheaper by the dozen million    ) and agreed to spread the order out over a period of time, also, while no one may have actually needed to fire a shot in anger there ARE training requirements to be met that require a certain number of rounds.
I know when I was in the Marines carter kept the military on such a short budget that if you did not pass your annual rifle qual. there was not enough ammo in the budget for a requal. you had to wait till the following year. Part of that 200 million rounds could be planning hoarding  for a rainy day.

Well I don't know about the DHOS but in the Air Force we shoot everything we get. The bean counters keep track and if you don't shoot it this year then you will get less next year!

[GUNS-R-US]

Not that it's a Hugh problem for us, we don't get much to start with!!!