http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/c....8690098162573

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The word from many surviving Seabees of the gallant Reserve Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion 14 that took these catastrophic casualties is
that they were ordered to assemble in an open yard at their base for a
pep talk from Rear Adm. Charles Kubic, who, according to a salty Navy
commander, was making one of his monthly self-serving visits to Iraq
from Norfolk, Va. “Kubic came to Iraq for the last two days of every
month and the first two of the next to get tax breaks.”

The surviving Seabees, a most patriotic group, love the U.S. Navy and
almost to a man want to return to Iraq to finish the job. So they will
only speak off-record. But they don’t have kind words for Kubic, since
he ordered them to make his bed, bring ice-cold water to his quarters
and generally act as his personal houseboys during his trips to Iraq.

There are many other questions that need answers, including:



* Why weren't his Seabees properly trained for fighting in an insurgent
environment?



* Why were they allowed to deploy without armored Humvees a year after
the war kicked off?



* Why was this Navy construction unit assigned road-security missions
for which it wasn’t trained or equipped?



That aside, here's the kicker: Numerous sailors have told me that Kubic
“liberated” a fancy bar from Fallujah and shipped it back to the States
on a USAF C-17. For sure, souvenirs are swell – but not when a
mission-essential aircraft is dragooned to make an incompetent admiral’s
day.

Comment just for JimH

Wonder if the Admiral ever heard of "Fragginng"?