WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's internal watchdog has launched an investigation into the capability used to build the humanitarian aid pier in Gaza.
In an August 5 posting, the Defense Department's Office of the Inspector General announced plans to assess how the military uses and fields Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore, or "JLOTS." That's the system that Fort Eustis-based soldiers used to build the temporary structure earlier this year.
The U.S. did deliver more than 19 million pounds of aid to Gaza. But the $230 million pier buckled under the Eastern Mediterranean's stormy waters and needed to be repaired.
It was later removed again to prevent it from breaking again during choppy seas.