feastingonroadkill: The economics of asymmetric warfare. via here “…the Defense Department comptrollers office has told Congress that based on rough estimates, the total cost of keeping an individual service member in the war zone is now about $500,000 a year. That includes the costs of personnel operations and maintenance costs, some equipment and hazardous duty pay. The actual costs could be higher, because the estimate does not include the cost of constructing additional facilities, providing support forces such as military intelligence assets that may be based outside Afghanistan or replacing damaged weapons or equipment.” “War is terrorism with a bigger budget”

feastingonroadkill:

The economics of asymmetric warfare. via here

“…the Defense Department comptrollers office has told Congress that based on rough estimates, the total cost of keeping an individual service member in the war zone is now about $500,000 a year.

That includes the costs of personnel operations and maintenance costs, some equipment and hazardous duty pay.

The actual costs could be higher, because the estimate does not include the cost of constructing additional facilities, providing support forces such as military intelligence assets that may be based outside Afghanistan or replacing damaged weapons or equipment.”

“War is terrorism with a bigger budget”