Build it and they will come

Although the Defense Logistics Agency had ended their mission in Kandahar and left Afghanistan six months before the warehouse shown below was completed, the Army in its wisdom continued to build it as originally designed. There was no attempt to reevaluate or downsize it. In fact, $400,000 of modifications were made to the buildings before the project was complete.

The total cost was $14.7 million. Original goals were not meant as the facility finished two years behind schedule and cost $1.2 million more than anticipated.

Even more interesting is that the warehouse complex will be turned over to the Afghan government with air conditioning and fire suppression systems that are too sophisticated for them to use. And it’s unclear whether the Afghans want or have the money to make use of it.