Stories
Thousands of Free Trips Taken by Pentagon Staff
June 10, 2009 | By M.B. Pell and Aaron Mehta
Two thousand camels scissor-kicked their way along a 12-mile race track, garnering thunderous applause from the Saudi crowd. It was the 2005 Janadriyah Festival, outside Riyadh, and in attendance was Prince Miteb bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and his special guests, a couple from northern Virginia. In addition to the festival, the prince treated Richard and Susan Millies to a musical production, banquets, and first-class flights to and from Washington, D.C. The eight-day trip ended up costing more than $24,000, with Miteb picking up the entire bill. Read more
Medical Industry Showers DOD with Free Travel
June 10, 2009 | By M.B. Pell and Aaron Mehta
A trip to Paris in September 2006 cost Dr. D. Gray Heppner nothing. GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world’s largest drug manufacturers, paid $7,800 for the lieutenant colonel and chief of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research’s Department of Immunology to attend the company’s symposium on malaria. Read more
This database provides information on trips taken by DOD personnel paid for by outside sources. Users can search by destination, date, sponsor, sponsor nationality, and cost of trip. Searching by base name or agency is also possible. Searching by country will not include the U.S., which can be searched in destination and state boxes.
The "Base or Office" information was updated at 5:30 p.m., June 10, 2009, to correct a data inconsistency.
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