Forget Area 51—Waste at the Pentagon is Out of This World

While social media is abuzz this week about “storming” Area 51, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran and a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, is calling for the Department of Defense (DoD) to address massive inefficiencies in its storage and inventory that is costing taxpayers in Iowa and across the country hundreds of millions of dollars. Senator Ernst is introducing legislation to allow DoD to consolidate unneeded and underutilized warehouses and storage centers to reduce costs and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their supply chain.