civilian contract workers. That would be odd but I think it's odd that the Navy is renting civilian cargo ships to supply the ME. I also wondered at
the race and rank of the soldiers commiting the crimes.<<
On my brother's ship (back in the 1980s, a fast frigate that sailed the north Atlantic in search of 'THE THREAT!'), a black sailor stabbed and killed a white junior officer. The sailor is now breaking rocks at Levenworth. For me the interesting thing is, everytime my brother, former enlisted, would bring it up with other former enlisted, black, white, Mexican or whatever, the reaction was always the same: Yeah, well, some officers have it coming.
Civilian contracting is never cheap as far as I know, but it has a long history (look at Dick Cheney's company) or the roots of such scum for hire outfits as Dyncorp, Vinnell or Wackenhut. I'm sure they exploit their American workers, but I couldn't give a shit right now, since most know full well what they are getting into. If someone went out of the frying pan of military service to the fire of that and felt exploited, then they've got no one but themselves to blame.
CJ
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