Often overlooked in the MSM's daily casualty tally is the toll taken on our contract support workers in Iraq.  On August 3, a wall hanging was dedicated  in Baghdad honoring the 43 men and women of Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) who have paid the ultimate sacrifice supporting our service members and other civilian staff. Steven Arnold, the current director and project manager of the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program III (LOGCAP), recalled how in Somalia, KBR civilians fed the Soldiers, got them out of the dirt to get a shower and 'made all the difference in the world.'  In Bosnia, KBR employees followed right behind the lead combat echelon to set up the main airfield so additional troops and supplies could flow in to make the mission a success. A veteran KBR operations manager, Marc Whitt II, noted that most of those killed, '...were truck drivers at the beginning of the conflict ... that was the most dangerous job with KBR.  I equate this wall with the Vietnam...(Read Full Post)