Posted on 01/22/2009 8:23:14 PM PST by smokingfrog
Ya, it was hell getting use to walking on all those rocks in KBR village, but they did have a burger king by the PX!
When did that happen? When I departed in '04, we had a PX and a chinese operated coffee shop. That was it!
I don't know how many guys I picked up with ankle sprains in KBR Village. Crutches were at a premium.
Who was oneof the biggest shareholders in Brown and Root - LBJ.
LBJ got a lot richer off Vietnam. Johnson Fence Co had all the fence contracts. He left office the wealthiest Pres except Geo Washington (adjusted for inflation).
Nixon left office essentially broke and he had been a high paid lawyer before he became President.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg,_Brown_and_Root
Following the death of Herman Brown, Halliburton Energy Services acquired Brown & Root in December 1962. According to Dan Briody, who wrote a book on the subject, the company became part of a consortium of four companies that built about 85 percent of the infrastructure needed by the Army during the Vietnam War. At the height of the anti-war movement of the 1960s, Brown & Root was derided as “Burn & Loot” by protesters.
When did that happen? When I departed in '04, we had a PX and a chinese operated coffee shop. That was it! I don't know how many guys I picked up with ankle sprains in KBR Village. Crutches were at a premium.
I was there in 06 and then a FOB. The burgerking used cardboard nickels, dimes, quarters. They were good. Chowhall was excellent.
At that time, the military was saying the base would be there 25 years and they were still building container hooches. You can see it pretty well on google earth.
Only a little excitment, how about a DBIED....Donkey Born ied...LOL,,,, Killed the poor donkey and thats it. LOL
As for going back??? no,.. I'm betting that area (ME) will go nuclear sometime during Odumbo's rein. Even if not, When Iran hits Israel, Bagram will get hit hard at the same time. There were plenty of bomb shelters, but no fallout shelters, at least not in 06.
Of course, Odumbass will blame in on Bush and surrender.
OK. I demobed in March ‘04. In ‘06, I went to Iraq.
I remember the pogs well. In fact, I have a few. I can’t seem to get rid of them since the PX/BX in San Antonio won’t accept them.
Viper DFAC was ok, North DFAC was excellent (and large enough to move around in), the one by the hospital and MWR was the pits though. Another DFAC was also being built on the far side of the airfield by the aircraft junkyard.
We only had two rocket attacks in ‘03-04. Both times, the rocket flew clear over the base and into the village outside the hesco’s. There were a couple large explosions off base caused by the Afghans trying to disassemble old Russian ordnance though.
Agreed. This is only getting publicity because it has anything to do with Iraq. There were three deaths this fall at Kennecott Copper due to shoddy contract work and it didn’t make the front page of anybody’s newspaper.
The libs’ tar and feathering of Halliburton has always been a crock. They scream about the sole-source contracts awarded to Halliburton. I say to them: give me the name of one contractor who protested any of those awards. ONE!! If any contractors had felt they were screwed because they didn’t get to compete, you know as well as I do their Chairman and CEO would’ve been getting interviews by every network under the sun.
Not everything is perfect in a warzone.
Thank you!
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