112809 How much Does a Contractor cost???

112809 How much Does a Contractor cost???

For planning purposes, budget planners at the Pentagon and White House
come up with a 'number' that represents the amount it costs per person
here in Iraq and Ghan. There are direct costs (pay, equipment,
bullets, etc.) and indirect costs (food, MWR, electricity, etc.) and
when added together and divided by the number of warm bodies here is
evidently somewhere between $500,000 to $1,000,000 per year. Dang! War
is hell and sure is expensive too!
At a minimum I'd say a third of the people at JBB are contractors but
it certainly may be closer to 50%. And come December 2011, any combat
troops here will then be designated 'training troops'. But any
contractors will still be...contractors. The weather here is pretty
nice but a bit chilly. One needs a coat in the morning and in the
evening on my 'commute' home.
The lows are mid-high 40s or so at night. It'll continue to get
colder and there'll be a few mornings when there'll be wisps of frost
out there too. This does make for a few nice sunsets as the pic above
shows. It's supposed to rain here this weekend which means there's
the potential for flooding and at a minimum, mud!
R/Chris