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June 9, 2026 · 18 min read
Six Army captains audited a fleet of dozer maintenance records, found more than 82% of the entries useless, and published it under their own names. A firm priced a job with real AI productivity and got told the price was too low to be credible. Two cases this spring, one about data and one about price, and the system marked both honest parties down. Here is why the machinery underneath speed, innovation, and small business still pays out to the old model, and what it means for the military health enterprise that has the most at stake.