sawdust
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:shrug: sure, and most of those employees overseas are dependent upon DOD logistics. They do not have the same lift capacity.
Look man, one of us in this conversation has actually been both in the active duty military and a military contractor. I'm not against contracting this sort of thing out - but you have to have realistic expectations. No one, but no one, has the projection capability of the US Defense Department.
I suppose you believe that it takes the DOD and American troops to go and fight a disease. In the first place, what you are talking about is the ability to pay for the work. It's not the DOD that carries the financial burden so the uniqueness of having soldiers at it's disposal is meaningless. The money comes from the general fund and the only question is who gets paid. My objection is that this kind of work is not within, or shouldn't be within the scope of the military. There are individuals who are actually trained to fight disease who would be a more rational choice than some nineteen year old kid who's been through basic training and AIT. For me, it's not who pays, or who has projection capacity. It's a question of who is the best fit to stop the pandemic. For a pandemic, it's not soldiers unless they are to enforce a quarantine. The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things, not to be a social welfare organization. If we are going to throw bodies at a problem, throw the appropriate bodies.