Reply #7: Sad isn't it. [View All]

[denverbill]

They privatize the Corps, ostensibly to save money, because why would you pay for an engineering corps that isn't always needed to build stuff? Hey, when we need stuff built we can just contact it out and dump the contractors when we are done. Unfortunately, it's hard to wean contractors from the government teat. They have a vested interest in making sure the war goes on forever.

Meanwhile, the soldiers who used to learn how to build buildings and do electrical work and plumbing now don't get any of that free on-the-job training.