MIlitary moving costs in the billions

Coming Home From Afghanistan: The Billion-Dollar Moving Bill
Muslim restrictions, air attacks, White House indecision muddy herculean logistics effort
US News
By PAUL D. SHINKMAN
August 1, 2013

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan—Dozens of empty cargo pallets line the dusty and windswept aistrip at this remote FOB in the Hindu Kush mountains of eastern Afghanistan. It's a familiar sight for many such installations across the country as the U.S. prepares to withdraw all combat troops by the end of 2014.

It also represents a leviathan task for logistics units responsible for moving hundreds of thousands of pieces of equipment valued at more than $36 billion at a cost of as much as $6 billion, according to Defense officials. As much as $7 billion of this equipment and gear will likely stay behind.

The full extent of this mission, however, remains unclear as the U.S. still has not determined precisely what will be left behind to assist the fledgling Afghan security forces and to combat any remaining enemy fighters.
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