for those serving: have you had bad experience with haliburton provided services???

Question

do you think the military should have been allowed with taking care of itself like it always has????

Answer 1

$100 for washing a single bag of laundry $40 for a case of soda. Some kind of overcharge going on here.

Answer 2

The quality of life for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, with all the civilian contractors there, is extremely good. They take care of all the side stuff (essential, though) so that the military can actually focus on its job; which is more than can be said for the civilian interference back home, which effectively negates that ability. Soldiers don't do nearly as good a job at cooking as civilian cooks; the technical ability and training of a civilian contractor for various equipment is absolutely essential in keeping that equipment running, so that the minimally-trained soldier using it can continue using it. I personally have had nothing but good experiences, and good things to say, about all the civilian contractors I worked with and interacted with in Iraq and Europe, Halliburton or otherwise. You can't just cut off vital support for a highly-technical and frequently-rotating military just because it makes a convenient political arguing point for you. Let the military do its job, and let the contractors do the jobs they're paid to do.

Also--those contractors also provide absolutely essential jobs for local nationals in those countries, and provides jobs to people who otherwise wouldn't have a job or an income. They also are directly involved in all the rebuilding and infrastructure in both countries. This is not a conventional war; civilians are an absolutely essential part of both theaters.

Answer 3

do you think the military should have been allowed with taking care of itself like it always has????

Did you know that Halliburton/KBR were in Bosnia when Bill Clinton sent troops in over there? My husband was in Iraq for 15 months July 2004 to October 2005. He never had any problems with the civilian contractors. Everyone was there to do their job.

Answer 4

Not at all, the Halliburton/KBR people I dealt with were all very hardworking and Courteous.

The Messhalls they ran were spectacular compared to Army Cooks typical Fare

They freed Soldiers up for more important duties

Answer 5

We were priveledged to have Halliburton come on board with us in Afghanistan when the war first started. It was a huge relief. Heaters, A/C, good food, and entertainment was provided by them and significantly raised the morale for us. The burden was lifted off the military and we could focus on our mission. This was 5 years ago, views may have changed though, depending on who you ask.

Answer 6

i am so tired of hearing about others complaining about haliburton so what they screwed up and over charged it has been noticed and mistakes can be corrected with out haliburton those soldiers in Iraq wouldn't be able to call home to families or take a shower have good food or a cool room to sleep at night simple luxurious that you civilians take advantage of to have every day we are thank full for our beds that we sleep in unlike many others out there so shut up please!!!

do you want our soldiers living off of muddy water with no beds to sleep in and unable to contact there families what is wrong with you people your so sick and sad and shellfish think of the soldiers there people too with families and allot less comforts and luxurious than many have give it a break!!!

Answer 7

I don't think in dollars and cents it would add up for us to import thousands of cooks, truck drivers, and dry cleaners