2015’s Biggest Military Boondoggles: Mistakes That Are Killing Our Confidence in the Armed Forces

8. Gerald Ford Strikes Back … Kind of

Speaking of delays and cost overruns, the Navy has experienced more than $4.7 billion in cost overruns alongside five years of delays when constructing its Gerald Ford-class aircraft carrier, and even that still hasn’t met the requirements originally set forth. And whose idea was it to name a cutting edge aircraft carrier after the most non-President in US history?