Sent to me by The Girlfriend. Her employer has a corporate subscription to WSJ.com. From an article on the US military considering putting Halliburton work in Iraq out for bid by others (emphasis is hers though I agree wholeheartedly):
Pentagon officials have discussed for months when the Army should revisit KBR’s main Iraq contract. Under the contract, KBR is meant to serve as an all-purpose, quick-fix contractor to fill the military’s needs — everything from running dining halls to providing air-conditioned tents in the desert filled with weight-lifting equipment for the troops. The company is then reimbursed for its expenses, plus a profit margin of 1% and a possible 2% bonus.
Who filled the desert with weight-lifting equipment?!?!
Well with all that sand in iraq i guess it looks like the beach, and everyone knows you got to look buff when your at the beach hehe