[roaddog727]

"But what do I know? I'm just a mercenary working for an eeevil corporation."

Same here once I demob.

In many cases, the contractor is the only one who can provide a service for the military and serves as continuity for when they rotate out and in.

[angkor]

serves as continuity for when they rotate out and in.

And were it not for that continuity, every rotation would present a dangerous new learning curve and months of reinventing the wheel. Surviving the rotations was no fun, but we kept things running and got the new command up to speed pretty quickly.