http://www.cbsnews.c...main5279801.shtml
"Security Guards Overworked, Sleep-Deprived and Subject To Humiliating Hazing, Including Being Urinated On, Watchdog Says"
I thought Marines used to guard US Embassies. What happened?
Private company takes on guard duty
http://www.cbsnews.c...main5279801.shtml
"Security Guards Overworked, Sleep-Deprived and Subject To Humiliating Hazing, Including Being Urinated On, Watchdog Says" I thought Marines used to guard US Embassies. What happened? |
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No one is counting the mercenaries
When someone reports how many servicemen and women are deployed, they only count military. They don't report the mercenaries. That also allows them to not report dead mercenaries as U.S. casualties.
I've seen occasional reports saying we've got more mercs over there than military, and they may have had more casualties, too. Oh wait, we don't use the term "mercenaries" this year. They're "contractors". Same category as the guys working in the mess hall. --
Drew |
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They're still around.
It's a small group, though - roughly 1000 people scattered over 148 locations. http://en.wikipedia....ne_Security_Guard and http://www.quantico....ID=2839&_r=search
Presumably they hire private contractors for additional "security" because of past decisions that it was cheaper and "more efficient" to have non-military and non-civil-service people doing those jobs. Penny wise and pound foolish, if you ask me... Cheers, Scott. |
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Money is just the excuse
It's the accountability, or lack thereof, that they're after.
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Private company takes on guard duty
- (dmcarls)
- (3)
- Sept. 1, 2009, 04:10:38 PM EDT
No one is counting the mercenaries
- (drook)
- Sept. 1, 2009, 05:38:42 PM EDT
They're still around.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Sept. 1, 2009, 07:06:13 PM EDT
Money is just the excuse
- (drook)
- Sept. 1, 2009, 08:20:44 PM EDT
