They are still wasting money on stupid stuff. They asked for suggestions a few years ago and only implemented a few when all would save a ton of cash.
The amount of fraud, waste, and abuse I saw in Afghanistan was appalling. But since practically a hand-wave was all you needed to justify buying anything, there was never any issue with the purchases. Nowadays, at my unit for example, we’re spending a couple of hundred grand to put in a command-wing bathroom (so the command team doesn’t have to walk a few extra feet down the hallway like us regular peasants) while post DPW would only hand out 2 shovel-fulls of salt to prevent our loading dock area from icing over this winter (and you have to provide your own container).
The Army’s motto should be “Penny wise and pound foolish.”