Every penny increase in the fuel prices can mean millions of dollars added to the Pentagon's bottom line

A U.S. Army and Iraqi military convoy passes after conducting a joint search operation in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad in this Nov. 3, 2004 file photo. Think you're being gouged by big oil companies? U.S. troops in Iraq are paying the same prices as Americans back home, despite consuming the fuel at staggering rates in a war to stabilize a country known for its oil reserves. The military pays an average of $3.23 a gallon for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel — $88 a day per service member in Iraq — according to an Associated Press review of reports and interviews with defense officials. Every penny increase in the fuel prices can mean millions of dollars added to the Pentagon's bottom line, increasing the burden on American taxpayers.
(AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)