Iraq Veteran Describes how he was replaced by Private Contractors • BRAVE NEW FILMS

David Mann was among the first American troops to be deployed in Iraq. Upon arrival, David and his fellow troops found themselves being replaced by under trained, over payed, KBR contractors....

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My name is David Mann. I'm the second oldest out of four children.Grew up into a military family, but my older brother, he joined the reserves... that mydad was in at the time. Y'know it's like our thing - is being in the military and defendthe country. September 11th happened two days before I graduated basic training. Went tomy duty assignment then we found out we were going to be deployed, and we went to Iraq.I signed up as a Radio Com-Sec repair. If the radio does not work, that can mean lifeor death. I was totally prepared to go over seas to do this mission. KBR took over myjob, I ended up doing nothing. We had to train these KBR contractors how to fix these radios.We had to walk them through all the basic steps. When KBR took over, it was...