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Originally posted by Mark Howard
See the link below. This is an example of the job advertisements for KBR. Notice there are no skills required, no education, no liscenses, no certifications, no nothing. Think you could get a job in the states for 6 figures with these qualifications? I think not.


http://kbrcareers.webrecruiter.com/pls/kbr/maine.d?s=F14D7CA916866B45E0340800209B083C

Since there are only a limited number of military slots, I guess that when you are willing to give up enough troops from your unit to do your cooking...or the size of the military is increased...you will do better for chow.

I cannot imagine why you would expect folks to work in Iraq for the same as they would be paid in the US. Even GIs who cannot refuse are paid more to serve there. Clearly, complaining about their cost is not helping. As typical,in the free market, the only way to improve the quality of employee is to actually pay more and increase competition for the positions. The worse the conditions are, the more they must be compensated.