The Defense Department spent about $5 billion less on fuel in fiscal year 2016 than the previous year thanks to a drastic decrease in the price of oil, and officials are projecting prices will stay low in the near-term, according to a new DOD report. The Pentagon spent $8.7 billion on 85.7 million barrels of fuel in FY-16, compared to $14.1 billion on 88.6 million barrels in FY-15, according to DOD's " Operational Energy Annual Report ," which was released...
