A Congressional audit shows concern about military contractors.  The report says that the armed forces use so many private contractors that the contractors need to disclose their financial interests, so as to avoid any conflicts.  This underscores the need for the army to get their military cots from a reputable source.

The military is so vast and bureaucratic that nobody knows half the time what is going on.  The military cots our soldiers are sleeping on could be from a reputable store, like Out In Style, or from a completely inappropriate source, like a contractor with ties to the Vice President.  This is how we wind up with $500 hammers, and if we aren't careful, we could wind up buying $50,000 sleeping cots.

If the military can't keep track of their military cot contractors, at least we could do our part by making sure our camping cots are coming from the right source, that we aren't overpaying for folding cots, the we don't buy the wrong travel cots, or worse, that our portable cots purchase is hurting our troops overseas.  Of course, even if we do our part, we have to write our congressmen and make sure they don't make mistakes with their military cots purchases.