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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Morale Funds and PX's 
Via the Emperfect, here's more on the 1-184th and LTC Patrick Frey:

California Army National Guard troops charged unauthorized, off-the-books "rent" to Iraqi-owned businesses inside Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq to raise money for a "soldier's fund," military officials and sources within the troops' battalion said Friday.

The disclosure is the latest to emerge from a wide-ranging investigation into the conduct of the 1st Battalion of the 184th Infantry Regiment of the Guard, which is headquartered in Modesto, Calif.

Military officials had confirmed previously that the battalion's commander, Lt. Col. Patrick Frey, had been suspended and that one of the battalion's companies, based in Fullerton, Calif., had been removed from patrol duties and restricted to an Army base south of Baghdad, the capital.

According to military officials and members of the battalion, soldiers from the battalion's Bravo Company, which is based in Dublin, an East Bay suburb of San Francisco, approached several businesses earlier this year that were owned and operated by Iraqi nationals.

The businesses -- a dry cleaner, a convenience store and the like -- catered to U.S. soldiers and were located on the fringe of the U.S. military's operating base inside the Green Zone, the fortified hub of the Iraqi government, U.S. occupation officials, embassies and contractor headquarters. The businesses were asked to pay the soldiers "rent."

Lt. Col. Cliff Kent, spokesman for the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq, confirmed Friday that two vendors agreed to pay.

The money was used to create a "soldier's fund," said one member of the battalion, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Such funds are used by troops for a wide variety of purposes, such as small loans to repay bills back home or buying commemorative so-called "challenge coins" -- often specially minted to foster morale inside a unit. Kent said the fund created from the rent money also was used to buy T-shirts, patches and a safe.


So far, no one is alleging that the funds were misallocated. It sounds a lot like the deal we make with the Army/Air Force Exchange program: A portion of proceeds goes to the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation fund on every post. My own company ran a mini PX in Iraq which was very popular, and a portion of those proceeds went to MWR programs in Iraq, and it was entirely legit and above board.

And vendors at PXs pay rent everywhere you go, in order to do business with soldiers.


Let's get some perspective here.

Just don't rely on the Los Angeles Times for it.

Splash, out

Jason

Comments:
You are comparing this to the MWR and MCCS programs along with all the other programs the other branches of the military have to make their bases more fun to live on? The McDonalds, the Andy's, the GAS STATIONS!

The average income of an Iraqi is around $10 per month. A kilo of rice costs 20cents and a tin of milk powder for babies is around 16cents. Most Iraqis basically rely on the monthly food ration distributed by their government(flour, beans, and soap).

Army officals said they've collected about $4,000(US) and troops in the battalion suggest a number more like $30,000(US) from Iraqi vendors and used it to pay back small loans, T-shirts, patches and a safe, and that seems cool with you? THAT is extortion.
 
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