When our brave men and women sacrifice daily for the benefit of our country the least they should be able to have is Safe shower and some good food. I am sure the food situation is OK but the shower just might be a bit dangerous.
Where are the independant inspectors that are not on the payroll of the company's doing the work. Where is the trial going to be for all the A$$ holes that did the work in such a maner that killed some of our brave men and women in uniform? If these defective systems were inspected and approved when is the trial for those folks to.
There is no reason for this to happen but at least the troops had a option. They could dodge a road side bomb, take a couple of rounds from an AK or just when they think they are back at base and ready to wash the sand out of there ears get hit by a defective gen set hookup. What has happened to our country,how could we fail them just because someone never checked the bonding and grounding of equipment.
I know electrical generation is a priority issue on base but the least they could have done is use some GFCI protection in some areas along with regular testing. Another item that was not properly addressed was setting the system up properly so those fault currents could be cleared and had a direct path back from wence they came. The military has a great hand book on all of this and they are enclosed with every portable system. I have to guess that as usual no one bothered to read that manual and tossed them in the trash. As inspectors we all know that if we need the docs on a device we look in the trash can first at all job sites.
I guess you can tell I am a little PO about this situation. Many years ago in a far away land when I set up base generation I can guarantee you it was safe in all the proper areas. Sorry to vent but dag gone it something needs to be done an some people should get a little pay back for this screw up. Clete Janzen
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