Postcards from the Edge
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE Iraq and Afghanistan Where Practicing Law is a Blast!
Michael D Peck International Law Section March 13, 2012
LOGCAP III
LOGCAP IV
2
Countries (Iraq and Kuwait)
2
Countries (Iraq and Bahrain)
2
Active task orders
3
Active task orders
19
Bases/Camps Supported
43
Bases/Camps Present
5,039
Direct Hire Employees
2,178 Direct Hire Employees
10,329
Subcontractors and their support staff
1,768 Subcontractors and their support staff
LOGCAP Program Overview Water O&M
BLS
(LOGCAP III)
HVAC Latrines Showers Fuel Power Generation Billeting MWR Laundry Fire Fighting
We Deliver
LOGISTICS SUPPORT Field Maintenance Self Service Supply Center Central Issue Facility Joint Distribution Center Class I - Rations & Water Class III – Bulk/Testing Class V - Ammo Class VIII - Medical Ice Production Movement Control Maintenance/Recovery
(LOGCAP IV)
Food Services
DESIGN CONSTRUCT OPERATE MAINTAIN SERVICE
CTP
BASE LIFE SUPPORT
Vector Control
Material Handling Equipment
Waste Removal
Line Haul (Bulk Fuel/HET/Flatbeds)
Mail Handling
Postal Operations
Quick Facts - KBR LOGCAP III Operations (May 2011)
Demographics – US Expat / Foreign National (Sep 2011) State
Total
Percentage
2,518
36%
Bosnia
446
25%
Georgia
647
9%
Kenya
245
13%
Florida
449
7%
Yugoslavia
234
13%
North Carolina
390
6%
Macedonia
232
13%
California
230
3%
Great Britain
105
6%
Louisiana
218
3%
Croatia
85
5%
Virginia
195
3%
Mexico
35
2%
South Carolina
180
3%
South Africa
34
2%
Tennessee
137
2%
Sierra Leon
33
2%
Alabama
137
2%
Domican Republic
31
2%
Arizona
127
2%
Mississippi
113
2%
Illinois
112
2%
Michigan
112
2%
New York
99
1%
Texas
Country
• • • •
Total
Percentage
Average workforce age – 42 Average employment duration – 3 years Female gender employees – 16% Male gender employees – 84%
• LOGCAP Projects employ personnel from all 50 states and 83 countries
Corkscrew Landing at BIAP
Baghdad Traffic Control
Mortar and Rocket Fire Instructions
Arriving onto Base
Hostile Environment CENTCOM Area of Operation Since Jan 03* Fatalities 130 Wounded 943 LOGCAP III Hostile Acts (period from 01 Jan 06 – 31OCT11) Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) 1,705 Indirect Fire (IDF) 5,741 Small Arms Fire (SAF) 619 LOGCAP IV Hostile Acts (period from 01 Jul 10 – 31OCT11) Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) 131 Indirect Fire (IDF) 118 Small Arms Fire (SAF) 8 Rock Attack 325
LOGCAP IV
LOGCAP III 70
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
60 50 40 30 20 10
IDF
IED
SAF
IDF
IED
SAF
Rock Attack
Oct-11
Sep-11
Aug-11
Jul-11
Jun-11
May-11
Apr-11
Mar-11
Feb-11
Jan-11
Dec-10
Nov-10
Oct-10
Oct-11
Sep-11
Aug-11
Jul-11
Jun-11
May-11
Apr-11
Mar-11
Feb-11
Jan-11
Dec-10
Nov-10
Oct-10
0
Entering the Front Gate
Just like home…
Camp Anaconda, Iraq
Convoy Travel
Fuel Convoys Lining UP
Up Armored Tractors
Ground Convoy Escort
Daily Commute-Convoy
Early Morning Alarm Clock
Another Office Commute - Helo
View from my Seat
Another commute
Apache Gunship: Convoy Escort
Two Gunships per Convoy
30 mm cannon: I want one
11:00 AM Sandstorm: Baghdad
11:00 AM Sandstorm
Mars
EOD Convoy in Sandstorm
EOD Convoy about to convoy
Presidential Palace
South to Kuwait
360 degrees of sand
Kandahar Afghanistan
Military Etiquette
Long Day’s Night
Sleepless in Kandahar
The Wrong Salesman
Reaper- Kandahar
January Office Commute: C130
C130 Business Class
Afghanistan: Blown Bridge
C130 Economy Class
Hindu Kush Mountains Afghanistan January -20F
Some of my clients: Afghanistan
Hello
Djibouti Suburbs
Djibouti Home
The Great Rift of Africa: Desert
Djibouti Meat Market
Djibouti Market: Khat
Lake Asal -509ft below sea level
Lake Assal
Salt Caravan from Lake Assal
Intellectual Property Infringement
Saddam’s Baghdad Palace: “After” One of Seventy
Our living quarters: after a 120 mm rocket
Our living quarters: Sunlight
:After
Saddam’s Baghdad Detention Quarters
The Entrance: Unit Logos
No expense spared
Saddam’s Cell
Saddam’s Exercise Yard
Erbil- Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Ministry of Trade and Industry- Company Registration
The Ministry of Trade Headquarters Building-Corporate Registration
Kurdistan Travel Cellphones are not good to see.
Helo Taking Off
Apaches Landing
Sunset Gunner
Travel Instructions
THANK YOU
Michael D Peck International Law Section March 13, 2012
LOGCAP III
LOGCAP IV
2
Countries (Iraq and Kuwait)
2
Countries (Iraq and Bahrain)
2
Active task orders
3
Active task orders
19
Bases/Camps Supported
43
Bases/Camps Present
5,039
Direct Hire Employees
2,178 Direct Hire Employees
10,329
Subcontractors and their support staff
1,768 Subcontractors and their support staff
LOGCAP Program Overview Water O&M
BLS
(LOGCAP III)
HVAC Latrines Showers Fuel Power Generation Billeting MWR Laundry Fire Fighting
We Deliver
LOGISTICS SUPPORT Field Maintenance Self Service Supply Center Central Issue Facility Joint Distribution Center Class I - Rations & Water Class III – Bulk/Testing Class V - Ammo Class VIII - Medical Ice Production Movement Control Maintenance/Recovery
(LOGCAP IV)
Food Services
DESIGN CONSTRUCT OPERATE MAINTAIN SERVICE
CTP
BASE LIFE SUPPORT
Vector Control
Material Handling Equipment
Waste Removal
Line Haul (Bulk Fuel/HET/Flatbeds)
Mail Handling
Postal Operations
Quick Facts - KBR LOGCAP III Operations (May 2011)
Demographics – US Expat / Foreign National (Sep 2011) State
Total
Percentage
2,518
36%
Bosnia
446
25%
Georgia
647
9%
Kenya
245
13%
Florida
449
7%
Yugoslavia
234
13%
North Carolina
390
6%
Macedonia
232
13%
California
230
3%
Great Britain
105
6%
Louisiana
218
3%
Croatia
85
5%
Virginia
195
3%
Mexico
35
2%
South Carolina
180
3%
South Africa
34
2%
Tennessee
137
2%
Sierra Leon
33
2%
Alabama
137
2%
Domican Republic
31
2%
Arizona
127
2%
Mississippi
113
2%
Illinois
112
2%
Michigan
112
2%
New York
99
1%
Texas
Country
• • • •
Total
Percentage
Average workforce age – 42 Average employment duration – 3 years Female gender employees – 16% Male gender employees – 84%
• LOGCAP Projects employ personnel from all 50 states and 83 countries
Corkscrew Landing at BIAP
Baghdad Traffic Control
Mortar and Rocket Fire Instructions
Arriving onto Base
Hostile Environment CENTCOM Area of Operation Since Jan 03* Fatalities 130 Wounded 943 LOGCAP III Hostile Acts (period from 01 Jan 06 – 31OCT11) Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) 1,705 Indirect Fire (IDF) 5,741 Small Arms Fire (SAF) 619 LOGCAP IV Hostile Acts (period from 01 Jul 10 – 31OCT11) Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) 131 Indirect Fire (IDF) 118 Small Arms Fire (SAF) 8 Rock Attack 325
LOGCAP IV
LOGCAP III 70
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
60 50 40 30 20 10
IDF
IED
SAF
IDF
IED
SAF
Rock Attack
Oct-11
Sep-11
Aug-11
Jul-11
Jun-11
May-11
Apr-11
Mar-11
Feb-11
Jan-11
Dec-10
Nov-10
Oct-10
Oct-11
Sep-11
Aug-11
Jul-11
Jun-11
May-11
Apr-11
Mar-11
Feb-11
Jan-11
Dec-10
Nov-10
Oct-10
0
Entering the Front Gate
Just like home…
Camp Anaconda, Iraq
Convoy Travel
Fuel Convoys Lining UP
Up Armored Tractors
Ground Convoy Escort
Daily Commute-Convoy
Early Morning Alarm Clock
Another Office Commute - Helo
View from my Seat
Another commute
Apache Gunship: Convoy Escort
Two Gunships per Convoy
30 mm cannon: I want one
11:00 AM Sandstorm: Baghdad
11:00 AM Sandstorm
Mars
EOD Convoy in Sandstorm
EOD Convoy about to convoy
Presidential Palace
South to Kuwait
360 degrees of sand
Kandahar Afghanistan
Military Etiquette
Long Day’s Night
Sleepless in Kandahar
The Wrong Salesman
Reaper- Kandahar
January Office Commute: C130
C130 Business Class
Afghanistan: Blown Bridge
C130 Economy Class
Hindu Kush Mountains Afghanistan January -20F
Some of my clients: Afghanistan
Hello
Djibouti Suburbs
Djibouti Home
The Great Rift of Africa: Desert
Djibouti Meat Market
Djibouti Market: Khat
Lake Asal -509ft below sea level
Lake Assal
Salt Caravan from Lake Assal
Intellectual Property Infringement
Saddam’s Baghdad Palace: “After” One of Seventy
Our living quarters: after a 120 mm rocket
Our living quarters: Sunlight
:After
Saddam’s Baghdad Detention Quarters
The Entrance: Unit Logos
No expense spared
Saddam’s Cell
Saddam’s Exercise Yard
Erbil- Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Ministry of Trade and Industry- Company Registration
The Ministry of Trade Headquarters Building-Corporate Registration
Kurdistan Travel Cellphones are not good to see.
Helo Taking Off
Apaches Landing
Sunset Gunner
Travel Instructions
THANK YOU
