Shades of "Pentagon Wars"

Did someone hit their head on a toilet before dreaming up this monstrosity?

Read the article here.

I feel sorry for the SIGO's that have to deal with this nightmare.  Might as well paint a bright red target on it too.

For those that don't get the title's movie reference, the military's R&D and acquisitions process is just a little... shall we say, tweaked.  Suffice it to say that here at Majors' School to explain the complexities and politics of the DoD's acquisitions process, we recently played a card game.  You read that right: a card game.

The game, for what it is, is pretty simple.  At the start, each team gets $150 notional dollars to buy five of any 10-A card, at various prices each up to $56.  There are 5 cards lain face-up, in sequence, lengthwise on the table -- 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.  In each round, teams lay one card face-down next to their target card.  The highest card wins the face-value points, and certain suits are higher than others.  Ties result in no points for either team, and the losing card goes back into the deck.  In all subsequent rounds, each team gets $50 more to spend and must always have five cards at the start of every round.  The winner is the first to get to 51 points, or the highest after five rounds.

And that, folks, is how the services each get money each year for big-ticket programs from Uncle Sam.  No kidding.

I haven't actually seen the whole movie yet, and until Netflix streams it I probably won't.