Navy operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have cost less than $100 million so far, according to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. The cumulative cost of the strikes includes 47 Tomahawk cruise missiles that were launched against ISIL targets in Syria as well as the incremental costs accumulated to the carrier George H. W. Bush (CVN-77), which was already stationed in the northern Arabian Gulf, Mabus said during a Sept. 30 Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington...
