War For Profit: Army Contracting Vs. Supporting The Troops

Synopsis

Do We Really Support The Troops? -- What Is At Risk? Questions Of Loyalty And Responsibility -- Background -- My Relationship To The Army -- Service Contracts -- A Note On Contractual Interpretation -- Overrun By The Taliban, Then By Kbr -- Setting The Stage -- Field Support -- A Fateful Suggestion -- September 11 Changes Everything -- Into Kuwait And Iraq -- Forward To Baghdad -- The Green Zone -- Camps Slayer And Cropper -- Camp Anaconda -- Tooth To Tail Logistics -- Us Logistics After Vietnam -- Logcap Is Born Reality Intervenes: Logcap Immediately Diverges From Original Intent -- Logcap Ii: Down A Slippery Slope -- Contractor Vs. Army Cost Analysis -- Logcap Ii And The Move To Amc -- Logcap Iii: Sliding Away -- Logcap Iii -- Government Contracts -- Contract Types -- Firm Fixed-price Contracts (ffp) -- Cost Reimbursement Contracts -- Cost Plus A Percentage Of Cost Contracts -- Cost Plus Award Fee Contracts (cpaf) -- Cost Plus Award Fee Contracts Under Logcap -- The Logcap Award Fee Plan -- Organizational Structure For Award Fee Administration -- Logcap Iii And Support To Operation Enduring Freedom And Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Army Contracts And Reversed Incentives -- Negotiation, Settlement And Fee -- Dining Facility Overcharges -- Award Fee Boards -- Army Award Fee Board Testimony -- Impact Of Army Award Fee Management -- Use Of Cost Type Contracts -- Dining Facilities, Fraud And Bribes -- Poor Quality Meals -- Fraud -- Bribes -- Bribery As A Prevalent Problem -- False Claims -- Water Problems -- Army Response -- Electrical Work -- Washington International/black And Veatch Charles M. Smith. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.