I am telling my friend the story gets worse. We are $30 million short on basic bullets, that is M-16 ammo for the riflemen. Total, we are about $365 million short on ammunition, if we count the mortar rounds we are short, the howitzer rounds and all the other types of ammunition that go into a Marine amphibious force.
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