The Bunker: The Pentagon’s Revolting Door
Welcome back! In The Bunker this week: revolving-door wretchedness; how many contractors does the Pentagon need, Marine amphibs treading water; prying info from the U.S. military, and more.
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The Bunker
A cheat sheet for what you need to know about the Department of Defense, how we’re waging our wars, and how the Pentagon spends our taxpayer dollars. The Bunker is both pro-troop and pro-taxpayer.
Written by
Mark Thompson
The Bunker: A Cheap and Legal Scam
As jolly as The Bunker is at this time of year, his sack is laden with coal for: the Pentagon’s fiscal fireplace, Hawaii’s bad water, lessons unlearned, rubber-stamp reviews, and more. The Bunker’s off for the next two weeks for a long winter’s nap.
The Bunker: Star Creep
This week in The Bunker: polishing the Pentagon brass—and there’s lots of it; the U.S. public’s confidence in the military slides post-Afghanistan; the services seek missions and money to deal with China; and more.
The Bunker: The Pentagon’s Flying Circus
This week in The Bunker: we take to the skies to check out what the U.S. military is doing, both good and bad, high above our heads; President Biden’s unilateral war-making; fragging comes home; stink tanks; & more.
The Bunker: Another Failed Audit
This week in The Bunker: Accountability MIA for U.S. drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians; how well does the DOD spend your money; military no-shows when it comes to wish lists; and more. Gobble-gobble: no Bunker next week.
The Bunker: The Pentagon Abhors a Vacuum
This week in The Bunker: the Threat Thread—threats, more threats, and missed threats (the yeast of our worries); defense contractors shifting focus from slow wars to fast weapons; no Bunker next week; and more.
The Bunker: Just for Fun(ding)
The Bunker: Just for Fun(ding)
The Bunker: The Military-Industrial-Inferiority Complex
A resource from POGO.org
The Bunker: Playing Peek-a-Boom
This week in The Bunker: Cutting a trillion by giving the Pentagon a new to-do list; are the four horsemen of the apocalypse running wild inside the U.S. military?; tweets can be bad for your Pentagon career; and more.
The Bunker: “We did it together”
A resource from POGO.org
The Bunker: Dissent in the Five-Sided Monument to Groupthink
A resource from POGO.org
The Bunker: A Creaky Pile of Circumstantial Evidence
In The Bunker this week: Plumbing General Milley’s motives; the latest deadly U.S. military snafu; why accountability is MIA at the Pentagon; and more.
