Is the United States really relying on drunk US military contractors to stop another terrorist attack? A new video surfaced this week showing a few contractors stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan who appear to be drunk or stoned.
According to Time Magazine, the video was released by two former employees of Jorge Scientific, a Virginia based defense company that received $47 million in government funding to run security in Afghanistan. The employees, John Melson and Kenny Smith, said that they were worried about the safety of the United states due to to the drunken behavior of the military contractors.
Melson said: “It was going against everything that we were trying to do over there.”
ABC reports that Jorge Scientific was tasked with training the Afghan National Police in counter-insurgency tactics. Melson and Smith are now suing the company saying that there was “widespread misconduct” at the company. Melson and Smith also accuse Jorge Scientific of fraud under the False Claims Act.
Jorge Scientific said that the incident in the video involved only a small number of contractors and that the behavior was not typical of its employees.
Jorge Scientific said:
“(We have taken) decisive action to correct the unacceptable behavior of a limited number of employees that occurred at an administrative living facility in Afghanistan.”
The US military is also launching its own investigation into the incident.
The military said in a statement:
“(The behavior) described by ABC news is not acceptable for U.S. personnel, but it is not indicative of the outstanding work that thousands of contractors and service members perform every day in Afghanistan.”
Melson and Smith described the base in Afghanistan as a frat house. The whistleblowers said that contractors frequently passed out and left firearms lying around. They also used narcotics and threw live ammunition into big fires.
Melson said:
“It was like a frat house for adults. Some of them to the point where they were passing out, there’s firearms laying around, some of them still carrying the firearms on them.”
Here’s the video of the drunk military contractors in Afghanistan.
Jorge Scientific said that the base has been put under new leadership and that a “no drugs and alcohol” policy has been put into effect.
There is a time and place to let loose but I don't think it should be in such a hostile environment.
They'll probably go after the messenger instead, like they did to Assange.
whoa waite a minute they were to be in charge of security and they knew this was happning…..Jail them take away the money our country spent on there lame tratior asses.
as usual a few idiots will ruin everything for the masses..And fools and cowards will pounce on the chance to discredit the good done by the masses for the acts of the few….
there, s,, nothing,, wrong whit that..just,, do.it..some where else..arghhhhh my ballssss.
Give me a freaking break! These guys are fighting for you! You go out there for a freaking YEAR and see how bored you get! If you only knew the stupid crap my friends and I did in Iraq. We just werent dumb enough to film it!
Why not? you'd have to be drunk to want to be over there in the first place.
Definately not stoned. That was all that Vietnam was about. lol. these guys are drunk, and ketamine is a disgusting drug. But tell me you can go to another country, shoot people your ordered to, fear having your life gone at almost any moment, and not try to do SOMETHING to relieve stress. I think in this case they may have not made the best decision, but they are grown men, and they are fighting for your rights. Not even the gov't fights for rights anymore.
While there is nothing wrong with drinking while they aren't working they should have unloaded their weapons before hand. It's not really smart. More and more people are dying every year from accidental gunshots.
excuses excuses excuses its amazing how people defend stupid behavior when they have engaged in similar stupidity. Stupid is as stupid does. You were just as dumb as they are and newsflash you are not defending anyone drunk as a skunk
Ketamine isn't always so bad, but using it a lot is profoundly stupid, and it doesn't mix well with the moral decision making involved in a war zone.