What Military Stimulus Looks Like in 2009

I'm just not sure how I feel about this.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest awarded EPC Corporation of Glendale, Ariz. a $1.2 million Recovery Act funded contract June 15 for sanitary sewer improvements at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Ariz.

EPC Corporation will perform the improvements to the existing sanitary sewer system at various locations throughout MCAS Yuma. This project will include cleaning and photographing of the existing sewer mains, repair of the indicated segments using a pipe-bursting method or a cut and cover method of installation, construction of new manholes, rehabilitation of existing manholes, provision of a temporary bypass pumping of sewage, reconnection of service laterals, restoration of the construction site, and traffic control.

It could be said that when it comes to the Recovery Act and military spending, this official Navy news article gives perspective to what it means when Congress gave stimulus money to the DoD.

Insert analogy (or joke) here about flushing money down the toilet with the Recovery Act funds. I'm not saying the the work won't help Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Ariz., but I remain skeptical whether we had our economic (not to mention strategic) priorities right with the enormous amount of spending that was done with the Recovery Act.