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"I'M A CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR"

I'm a civilian contractor, not a soldier.
You see, that's the only difference between you and me.
Like you, I volunteered and like you, I have some fear.
You carry weapons of all shapes and sizes
and I carry the hope of avoiding our demise.
You've done well, you scored one today and they tell me your medals
are on the way.
Newsweek and Time write about you often,
the contractor mostly forgotten.
You tell you story, your loved ones can hear.
I have been cautioned to keep quiet my job to fear.
No one knows us, we're just there, hurting bleeding and dying.
Doesn't matter, we're just contractors.
Written by: Herb Wall


By all accounts, Scott Helvenston, who joined Blackwater in March 2004, was well prepared for security work. He had been a Navy SEAL instructor and was a world class athlete. But he was in debt and Blackwater's pay -- about $600 a day -- was a chief reason for signing on for a two-month contract. He told a friend he expected to be guarding Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority. But he never met Bremer. Blackwater had a new contract with a catering company, ESS, and they were scrambling to find new guards.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/warriors/contractors/highrisk.html



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