astonishing stories about we the u.s. taxpayers have built, that we physically created or bought or arranged to be procured for this war that are absolutely unneeded. that are in some cases worst than wasteful. for instance the african training center that melts when it rains. there s a fleet of airplanes we bought for afghanistan for $468 million and ended up shredding into scrap for 6 cents a pound. that s a loss of 99.93% on that investment. and there were the giant incinerators we installed on a u.s. base for $5 million that never incinerated anything because they never worked. so the base torched all its waste in an open air burn pit next to the incense raters. but one of the most expensive of all these was this marine headquarters in helmund
bought or arranged to be procured for this war that are absolutely unneeded. that are in some cases worst than wasteful. for instance, the african training center that melts when it rains. there s a fleet of airplanes we bought for afghanistan for $486 million and ended up sledding into scrap for 6 cents a pound. that s a loss of 99.93% on that investment. and there were the giant incinerators we installed on a u.s. base for $5 million that never incinerated anything because they never worked. so the base torched all its waste in an open air burn pit next to the incinerators. but one of the most expensive of all these was this marine headquarters in helmund province. it s larger than a football field. it has elaborate state of the
flowing 365 days a year. when emerson takes up the challenge it s never been done before simply becomes consider it solved. emerson. more headlines from the fox news deck. afghanistan s army is fighting the taliban on its own after u.s. and nato have pulled out of the country. the afghan military has gained ground in helmund province. they killed lamb almost 400 taliban fighters. boston about to break the record for the most snow in one winter. it is nearly 104 inches. the current record, 107.6 inches set nearly two decade ago. the snow apparently forced the
death of a marine at an american base in afghanistan. relatives are suing the marine corps for information and the marine roz father just spoke to fox news. the u.s. commanders let an afghan police chief operate at the base and used teenage boys as sex slaves. w. of the teenagers stole an assault rifle, walked into a gym at the base in helmund province and opened fire until he ran out of am hoe. greg buckley died along with two of his fellow marines. the killer claimed he was a jihaddist, lance corporal buckley s relatives say u.s. officials kept them in the dark about the suspect s trial. they say they were surprised to learn a judge sentenced him as a juvenile to just seven years in prison. rick leventhal is here with more. the marines say this lawsuit is not about money it s about getting answers. the family wants information but they say the marine corps
fox news senior military analyst lieutenant colonel oliver north streaming live from helmund province in afghanistan. what are you seeing where you are? that i tow commanders say that the recent green on blue attacks have failed to drive a wedge between u.s. and afghan troops. before coming here to helmund province we went to their special police training center to see for ourselves. those are afghan special police at the nato training is center. they are hand picked police officers sent here for advanced training to master skills necessary to protect the afghan people from the taliban. training here is conducted by nato special operators and experienced american law officers. this year, 600 graduates will return to their units