More than 80,000 facilities in Iraq will be inspected for faulty wiring as part of an effort to prevent future accidental electrocutions of US troops, the top commander in Iraq said.
At least 10 US soldiers, five Marines and a third-country contractor for the Defense Department have been identified as having died by electrocution in Iraq.
Apparently, a handful of soldiers have been electrocuted to death while taking showers. But here's the interesting part:
Petraeus said a team was named to oversee the review of more than 80,000 facilities, which include 6,000 preexisting Iraqi facilities. All are maintained by the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, which Petraeus said performs operations and maintenance on 61 bases in Iraq as well as smaller combat outposts and security stations. The team will also develop repair and prevention plans, Petraeus said.
Wait, we built 74,000 facilities in Iraq? Damn, that's a lot. Especially if these contractors did a shitty job and couldn't wire them properly. Good thing we're paying them more money to go over their mistakes.
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