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To: rabscuttle385
What shocked me was the cost of the private army that is over there at OUR EXPENSE as we do this "nation building " and that we will leave behind when we pull our poorly paid troops out..

We need out completely ..help them get their oil business up and going..send them a bill and let them kill each other

8 posted on 09/16/2011 3:41:34 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7

The private army you talk about, doesn’t cost nearly as much as it does one of the troops. Who I work with and around every day and support whole heartedly. There is a thing known as the tooth to tail ratio. Translated, how many support personnel does it take to get one combat troop on the ground, cared for and supplied. You’ll find that it takes about $1million for each combat troop. Where as you get about 3-5 private security. Both of whom, are doing completely different missions. Now, throw in health care, insurance and pensions. All of which are provided to the troops. The private security that get it, get it through their companies. Time and time again, folks want to bash the private security guys without knowing the real story.


10 posted on 09/17/2011 1:14:08 AM PDT by qaz123
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