By your statement alone someone who is in the know could assume that you really don't have a need to know, nor do you understand what its all about. But if you really want to know, I'll gladly divulge how I am putting my money where my mouth if you'd like to PM me.
Secondly, if you think Defense Contractors just are war profiteers you don't have a clue about what is really going on. I know plenty of DefCons who are out dodging lead mosquitoes in the WoT. Unfortunately, in the world we live in Contractors, and Civilians have to step in to keep the warfighter fighting, like no other time in history. A Vietnam Legacy that's come home to roost.
Cheers,
CSG
Nice non-answer. Which is it, safe and sound or out there?
We have a few kids in their 20's on my current DoD project. Most of us are 45 to 65 years old and putting in long hours including time on military combat aircraft to test our work.
Some of my co-workers were sent to Iraq/Kuwait for the first Desert Storm activity. Civilian DoD contractors training no less that Gen Schwarzkopf in how to use our battle theater modeling software.
When I'm not doing DoD work, I have another line of business building specialized software for the railroads. Detroit keeps me busy doing special electronic packages too. There's not enough hours in the day to cover all the demand. I try to get 5 hours sleep each night when circumstances permit. Tonight has been a big "screw off" night since all my software deliverables are completed for the Monday activities and the government people are taking Veteran's Day off.
My husband's a soldier. Thank you for picking up the slack that the Clintoon draw-down left us. I'll never forget that it was contractors that were hung from that bridge in Fallujah. You guys are soldiers in my book.