The federal government spends $850 billion per year on the DoD. Why can't it find money in there to buy toiletries and spaghetti for the soldiers and families stationed overseas? Why should communities have to pitch in (beyond their contribution via taxes)?

This is why they totally need that $1.5 trillion they asked for this year.

The article says,

> The money is mainly to pay for essentials and to provide bridge loans so families can pay basic living expenses while they wait for the government to reimburse them, which can take months, she said.

So it is clear that the DoD has money to do it. It just takes lots of bureaucracy to get the money out.