Marines bone up on laws of war

Rule 1: Take no unneccesary chances with personnel who might not be friendlies; assume they are hostile until proven otherwise. Rule 2: See Rule 1.

In short:
Q1: Why are you considering getting a shoeshine in the desert? 'Drop the box, kid. Now!' He doesn't -- take him out.
Q2: Inform all and sundry, particularly including the vermin 'embedded' in your unit(s), that the enemy commander has just violated at least two of the Geneva protocols. Then continue the mission.
Q3: Why are you walking toward a bunker containing hostiles? 'Come out with your hands in the air. Now!', shouted from a convenient distance, gets it done.

The Marines have just awarded a HUGE contract to a French company to supply food to their branch of the service. It's worth many millions of dollars and that is simply unacceptable! Does anyone have any idea where we can Freep this contract??? I can't believe they've done this. Isn't there an American caterer who can supply our troops?

The French have proven they cannot be trusted, do we really want to trust our Marine's food supply to these people?

The contract has been in effect for five months and was signed last July. Contact your congressman/senators to complain about it.

"Sodexho Alliance confirms that it has been awarded two contracts of up to eight years, valued at more than $881 million, by the US Marine Corps to provide food and related facilities services at 55 garrison mess hall locations in Arizona, California, South Carolina, North Carolina,Virginia and Washington, D.C.

More than 30% of the contracts will be completed through teaming with small, minority, disadvantaged, disabled and women-owned local businesses and organizations.

'I am very proud of the US Marine Corps’ continued confidence in us', said Pierre Bellon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sodexho Alliance. 'I would like to congratulate our US teams, whose commitment, professionalism and innovative offer won over the client. This success confirms the potential of our markets and demonstrates the effectiveness of our client segmentation strategy.'"

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