Pentagon: Make money profits off Marines to help fund war

[HamdenRice]

Here is a recent article from Stars and Stripes that says that the Pentagon has decided to end free movies for Marines on their bases. What is most chilling is the idea that recreation activities for our troops must earn a 4% profit!

http://www.stripesonline.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24616


War costs prompt end to free movies at Iwakuni, other bases
By Greg Tyler, Stars and Stripes
Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Continuing costs of fighting the war on terror have prompted an end to free movies for Marines.

The 10 remaining Marine Corps movie theaters worldwide offering free movies, including the Sakura Theater at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station in Japan, have been ordered by Marine Corps Headquarters to begin charging, said Ashleigh Pipes, marketing director for Iwakuni’s Marine Corps Community Services.

...

“The move is from Marine Corps headquarters and applies to everyone. No one here made the decision. All we decided here was the price, and the command approved the lowest price we recommended,” Pipes said Monday.

She said the Corps’s decision to charge for movies is part of the service’s ongoing efforts to help pay costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The ticket cost also results from a new policy requiring recreation activities to generate a 4 percent net operating profit, she said...

...

[rkc3]

1. Soon they'll be charged for bullets.