Peak military ?
Posted: Sat 03 Jan 2015, 22:52:19
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Found this little gem , it's a bit old .....1993
it's an internal study by the pentagon on the cost of one light infantryman , equipped , trained
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a265173.pdf
estimated cost ....138.000 $ , that was in 1993
during a 2012 budget hearing , a committee senator asked the cost of one soldier deployed in Afghanistan
under secretary Hale said that to the best of his knowledge , the annual cost of one soldier was about 850.000 bucks
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/2 ... nd-rising/
of course there is very large deployment and building costs , fuel is a massive bill and it's a simple division of cost per head
it get even worst when one realize there is barely one man in four holding a gun and walking on the wild side
The cost for the Taliban is probably less than 500$
that's the cost of a good quality AK with a box of ammo , with spare change left over
Found this little gem , it's a bit old .....1993
it's an internal study by the pentagon on the cost of one light infantryman , equipped , trained
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a265173.pdf
estimated cost ....138.000 $ , that was in 1993
during a 2012 budget hearing , a committee senator asked the cost of one soldier deployed in Afghanistan
under secretary Hale said that to the best of his knowledge , the annual cost of one soldier was about 850.000 bucks
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/2 ... nd-rising/
of course there is very large deployment and building costs , fuel is a massive bill and it's a simple division of cost per head
it get even worst when one realize there is barely one man in four holding a gun and walking on the wild side
The cost for the Taliban is probably less than 500$
that's the cost of a good quality AK with a box of ammo , with spare change left over