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"Robert S" <searob@zipcon.com> wrote in message
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> I have to wonder about this supply program though.  Did you work in
supply?
> How much were the costs associated with Brown & Root compared to the what
> the federal civilians provided?  If the costs were less or equivalent, is
> Brown & Root being federally subsidized at a much higher and unknown level
> to cook the accounting books?  If this is happening, then that probably
> means that military generals who are buddies with Brown & Root officials
are
> taking money away from normal federally funded supply operations.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure B&R made a decent amount of money over the
whole thing. However, if B&R does a poor job, we can fire them. You can't do
that with Government employees. You are stuck with them. I find it hard to
believe that a theater such as the Balkans cannot get proper supplies. The
base in Hungary has a runway capable of landing everything including C-5s,
it's on a major supply route. At the time(97), there was only 1 area that
had a higher priority and that was the Persian Gulf area. Supplies were
available because even the PX (AAFES) stocked summer and winter BDU's. The
problem with the PX is that instead of turning in a uniform and getting a
replacement, you have to shell out $29 for a top and $25 for the bottoms.
And they wonder why troops exit the military. They already get paid shit,
now they have to pay for their uniforms.

And B&R did get replaced in a few areas. In Zagreb, B&R got low marks and
got replaced by Esco.