We were in a conference session when
the building shook. This was a big one,
and expected as things were just too quiet this past week. We followed procedure, hunkered in place and
manned the phone trees to take account of the people under us. Within ten minutes, all my twenty were
accounted for. Unfortunately a convoy of
our contractors was hit by a car bomb. My
five contractors were soon to be on their way to a company meeting to hear the
latest from their leadership when it happened.
The man they were going to hear was one of the ones killed as well as two others. Our contractors are as much a part of our
team as us DoD Civilians, Military, and the Foreign Troops. We should, and do, feel for their loss as we would a
soldier. We are here for the sole
purpose of making this place better.
Clearly, some don’t see it that way.
The papers made a brief note of foreign contractors killed, but that was
pretty much it. Too bad. Most of these Contractors are former Military
or Government workers. Besides their
families, these folks will be remembered by those around here.
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