When it comes to cutting government spending cuts, both Democrats and Republicans often treat the Pentagon’s bloated budget as a sacred cow that couldn’t spare a dime, lest Americans want to be murdered in the streets by terrorists. Meanwhile, military top brass is losing billions of taxpayer dollars overseas, Congress continues to push the armed forces to take equipment it no longer needs and Americans are still left without a clear picture of what they’re receiving in return for the annual hundreds of billions spent on U.S. defense.
According to a recent report from the Department of Defense’s Inspector General, at least a few million untouchable military dollars have made their way into the panties of strippers or were lost on craps tables.
The report examined spending logged on DOD credit cards issued for government-related travel. The IG report found that the agency logged a total of $3.4 billion on 20 million transactions over a one-year period between July 2013 and June 2014.
Out of that, some $3.2 million was spent at casinos and just under $1 million on various personal expenses, including 646 cardholders’ charges at strip clubs totaling $100,000. The casino charges were made up of 4,437 charges made by 2,636 cardholders.
Here’s one example of improper card use provided in the IG report:
A petty officer first class from the Naval Special Warfare Group used the GTCC at multiple adult entertainment establishments while on official Government travel to El Paso, Texas. While in El Paso, the cardholder spent more than six times his total M&IE at four different adult entertainment establishments, which included Dreams Cabaret, Jaguars Gold Club, Tequila Sunrise, and Red Parrot Gentlemen’s Club.
The petty officer only received $151.50 in M&IE [meal and incidental allowance] for 17 days of travel because his meals were provided, except for the first and last day of travel. However, he still incurred 12 transactions for $1,116 at adult entertainment establishments during his 17 days of travel. The petty officer also charged an additional $642 on his GTCC for food, drinks, and ATM withdrawals at locations that were not adult entertainment establishments. In total, he spent $1,758 on his GTCC but only received $151.50 in M&IE.
Here’s another example of improper spending:
A U.S. Air Force civilian employee from Warner Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia traveled 300 miles (round trip) from his travel location and used his GTCC at a casino. The cardholder was on official Government travel to Hill Air Force Base, Utah and used his GTCC at Ultron ATMs in West Wendover, Nevada.
Ultron ATMs are predominately associated with casinos throughout the United States. On four occasions, the cardholder used his GTCC seven times at the West Wendover location to withdraw over $1,500 from ATMs at a casino where he had nine declined transactions totaling $2,363.
According to the audit, the Air Force was the biggest sources of casino and strip club charges on government issued cards with more than $400,000 in charges. The Army came in second, tallying $350,000 in such charges.
Read the full report.
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