G26ster wrote:Whether they be DOD civilian personnel, civilian contractors, or indigenous people that work for us, or just plain civilians. It's matters not who pays them, whether they get paid as a direct gov't employee, or paid by the contractor with funds paid by the gov't, etc. All of them are free to leave at any time, and all are there of their own free will. I cannot imagine being sent on a mission to rescue contractors, and asking who is paying them or are they worth it. That, to me, is ridiculous. They are all part of our national effort. As a former military helicopter pilot, the thought would never cross my mind.
Here's another example of putting our military in harms way all the time to save civilians who aren't even contractors. Our medivac and combat rescue teams are deployed all the time to save indigenous people seriously injured and evac them to either civilian or military hospitals, and the vast majority of them are not even contractors. These flight and medic crews put their life at risk everyday in a combat zone doing this.
There you have it.
