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"Eric Dew" <edew@olagrande.net> wrote in message
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> However, some people do have questions about a subsidiary, Brown and Root,
> and its very lucrative contract with the army.  It was a contract that
> was not given to competitive bidding, and was written out to be very
> lucrative for B & R (and hence, Halliburton) in that if B & R foot-drags
> or doesn't do things promptly, they're not dinged for the cost associated
> with incompetence.  How nice.  And how do I get to play that game?  Who's
> ass do I have to kiss, Dubya's or Cheney's?

Well, if any of you have worked with Brown & Root you'd agree they do a
really kick ass job. They provided the Army with services in Bosnia and
other bases (Ft. Huachuca for one) and simply did an outstanding job. When I
was deployed to Bosnia I experienced their work first hand. Need tents
built? No problem, they had them done quick. Food? Not an issue, the food
was so good and plentiful, you had to exercise because of if you didn't,
you'd gain weight (as some did). Now compare this to the normal Federal
fucked up supply service. Upon arriving in Croatia and Bosnia, our bases had
almost zero Force Protection measures in place. Scream to the normal Federal
supply service to get some Concertina Wire (we had one old strand encircling
our base which was useless) and they couldn't come up with anything "it's on
backorder". Hesco bastions? Back order. So, while speaking with Brown & Root
we asked them if they could get them. They checked and we had them the next
week with sand to fill the bastions. All we had to do was supply the labor
to help fill them (and they rented a front loader from the Croats). But I
have to hand it to the Feds. They really did things right. Why, they even
managed to fully stock the re-supply base in Hungary with Winter BDU's so we
could get them issued to us......In June. Oh...It's hot? Well, we're out of
summer weight BDU's. Luckily Brown & Root managed to get them for us. Most
soldiers would much rather have Brown & Root than the normal federal
civilians who barely lift a finger.