Employees say they have heard little from major defense contractor V2X Inc about safety and evacuation protocols
Employees of major defense contractor V2X Inc on US military bases in Kuwait say they lack adequate bunker facilities and have had their pay reduced amid Iranian missile attacks across the Persian Gulf region, while receiving limited communication from their employer about safety and evacuation procedures.
The Guardian interviewed three V2X employees on the US bases Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring in Kuwait, following Iranian missile strikes on Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan on Saturday.
The attacks follow United States and Israeli strikes on Iran earlier on Saturday. Iran has since launched a series of retaliatory attacks targeting US military bases and, according to regional authorities, some civilian infrastructure in the Persian Gulf.
Because you are.
V2X Inc was formed in July 2022 following a $2.1bn merger between Vectrus and the Vertex Company. The company holds a LOGCAP V contract supporting US military operations in Kuwait, providing logistics and base operations services, including roles such as mechanics, warehouse staff, dining facility workers and IT personnel.
“It almost seemed like [the Pentagon] evacuated the soldiers so if anything would happen safely, for instance, that base was hit it would be less casualties on the military standpoint,” said the second American worker. “What about us? Are we just considered casualties of war? How did they leave before us?”
“Everybody talks about the military but nobody talks about us,” said the first American worker. “We are stuck here and treated like we are expendable.”
The two American workers said the only communication they received from a supervisor during the attacks concerned a new payroll code to enter into their timesheets, which would reduce their pay. The Guardian has reviewed the message.
You are mercs. You are expendable. In what world did you think that working for the military (any military, but especially the US military outside the US) was a safe occupation, regardless of what you do. If you work for the military you are likely to get shot at or bombed. During a war, which this is, you’d be safer running a gas station in the bad part of any major city.
Shit takes like this are why I hate the term contractor when it comes to working with the military. That said, V2X are a bunch of shitbags for cutting their pay during this.
That’s what Republicans always do, and Trump and the rest of the administration is even worse than you average Republican administration.
The reason you feel treated as expendable, is that you are in fact considered expendable. Just like every other average American is.It isn’t limited to Americans being expendable. Everyone who isn’t part of your island vacation entourage is expendable. Some just don’t realize it and are useful idiots.
I’m curious as to what a normal day for these no doubt hard working contractors looked like before this happened. How many times a day were they jacking off exactly? Anyways, a good way to not be sent into a war zone is to not work for a defense contractor. It’s part of the job is it not? I don’t get it. It’s like complaining the fry oil is too hot at McDonalds.
So the reason it’s odd is that usually the Military is the last to leave an area if something is going down. Most military contractors aren’t actually fighting, they are handling logistics, IT, translation, and whatever repairs the big companies lobbied the government to make illegal for the military to do. As civilians generally doing the same kinds of work as civilians just in hostile territory they are typically paid quite highly, evacuated first and only return when things are quite stable. The Backwater folks are very much a minority and a completely different kettle of fish.
Some has no choice to work in mcdonald. Bad analogy
Not everyone who works at McDonalds complains that the oil is hot because they know the oil is supposed to be hot. I don’t see how it’s a bad analogy at all.
Have they tried RAPING CHILDREN? That’s LITERALLY the ONLY way to Become Protected in the Trump States of America!
They are not elite to get away with that
Serve them right. Thise bases was always ained on Iran
