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theboardwalkpodcast OP t1_ja82572 wrote

Reply to comment by thebolts in We are the voices behind The Boardwalk Podcast, back for another discussion before we begin our next season covering all things Afghanistan. Ask us anything! by theboardwalkpodcast

Contracts in general varied from year and job. I made upwards of $180k when I was there. The largest contract I heard of was for logisticians. Some of them were still clearing north of $300k a year at the end. I met one such person in 2016. He’d been contracting for 12 years and was heading home for good. He had a house in Dallas and 2 cars paid in full with no additional debt. He was retiring at 33.

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thebolts t1_ja85x01 wrote

Do you think this partially explains why the Pentagon / Defense Department keeps failing their audit?

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theboardwalkpodcast OP t1_ja86gk8 wrote

If so I’d wager that it’s a small contributor.

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thebolts t1_ja88w0n wrote

Agree. Thank you for responding.

For someone from the Middle East region I can’t think of any moral reason for US contractors to be in Afghanistan or Iraq for that matter unless it’s for financial reason.

Honestly these jobs should’ve been handed over to local or regional contractors. Years could’ve been spend to teach and train them if their roles didn’t exist. The US missed an opportunity to actually help these countries.

20 yrs later both countries are worst off. Regardless of how you personally feel you can’t blame why the US and the West are not looked on kindly before or after these illegal wars.

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