Contractors in War Zones: Not Exactly “Contracting” -- Time
U.S. military forces may be out of Iraq, but the unsung and unrecognized part of America’s modern military establishment is still serving and sacrificing — the role played by private military and security contractors.
That their work is dangerous can be seen by looking at the headlines. Just last Thursday a car bomb hit a private security convoy in Baghdad, killing four people and wounding at least nine others.
That is hardly an isolated incident. According to the most recent Department of Labor statistics there were at least 121 civilian contractor deaths filed on in the third quarter of 2012. Of course, these included countries besides Iraq.
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My Comment: The sentence that caught my eye was the following ....
.... there are more contractors than U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Wow .... that about sums it up.
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