Aug 17, 2011, post by Artur Nowak
One out of eight U.S. Army casualties in Iraq was the result of protecting fuel convoys.
This statistic, derived from an Army study looking at fuel convoys in Iraq from 2003 to 2007, is a powerful incentive for the military to move away from oil and toward renewable energy, and that’s exactly what it’s doing.
From experimental solar-powered desert bases for the Marines to Navy robots that run on wave energy, the military is quickly becoming a leading buyer of cutting-edge renewable energy technology.
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Mar 28, 2011, post by Artur Nowak
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Marine has been sentenced to five years’ probation for accepting a $25,000 bribe to award $1 million in contracts in Iraq to a Lebanese company.
Prosecutors had requested nearly two years imprisonment for Staff Sgt. Mariam Mendoza Steinbuch to deter similar crimes. The identity of the Lebanese company was kept confidential, but court documents said the contracts were for noncombat supplies to operate Camp Fallujah.
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Feb 24, 2011, post by Artur Nowak
WASHINGTON — A US Marine captain was sentenced to six years in federal prison for conspiring with his wife to skim nearly $1.7 million from government contracts in Iraq.
Eric Schmidt, who still serves with the First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return that hid the illicit income from his scheme.
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