The Pentagon wasted millions of taxpayer dollars buying the Afghan army a woodland camouflage uniform that was apparently chosen on a whim and may have made soldiers easier to spot. The office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said the Pentagon may have spent as much as $28 million more than necessary when it decided in 2007 to purchase the dark-green “forest” camouflage uniforms, even though forests cover only about 2 percent of the country. And although the proprietary design came at a premium price, the report says officials paid without conducting any formal testing or evaluation.
U.S. spent $28M on ‘forest’ uniforms for Afghan army fighting mostly in the desert
