KBR loses 3 of their top 5 LOGCAP senior managers
This has been a month of resignations for KBR’s LOGCAP III Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in Iraq. Three out of five of their top Managers are calling it quits.
The current members of the Senior Leadership Team are:
Lt. Gen. (ret) Guy A. J. LaBoa - Principal Program Manager – Has given notice of resignation and will be replaced by Lt. Gen. (ret) John J. Cusick
Maj. Gen. (ret) Larry J. Lust – Deputy Principal Program Manager and former Program General Manager LOGCAP-IV has reportedly given notice of resignation. Replacement unknown at this time.
Rich Kaye Deputy Program Manager Support has reportedly given notice of resignation. Replacement unknown at this time.
Mo Young Deputy Program Manager Operations – Apparently not leaving at this time.
Jeff Rock Chief of Staff – Apparently not leaving at this time.
There is hardly anyone left to row this sinking LOGCAP III boat! For all of you attorney’s out there who are suing KBR, we have three more managers available to be deposed.
I will keep you post as I learn more.
Ms Sparky
Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 9:56 am |
I bet these pieces of shit go to one of the other logcap contractors?
Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 10:15 am |
(I was forwarded this heartfelt farewell email from Larry Lust sent to his friends and co-workers. I have edited out any personal information.)
DL_KBR LOGCAP III Special Staff
Subject: New Contact Information
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As a result of my most recent medical issues and the fact (edited name) and I have been separated for four years I have made the difficult decision to resign my position as Deputy Principal Program Manager, LOGCAP-III Program effective 26 April 2010. I have accepted a teaching position at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft Leavenworth, Kansas. I will be a member of the Force Deployment and Sustainment Division within the Logistics and Resources Department. This will allow me to stay in touch with Soldiers and contribute to the education of the next generation of combat leaders for our Army.
My new contact information is as follows:
o. E-mail: (edited) or larry.lust@us.army.mil
o. Telephone: Home: (edited)
o. US Mail: (edited)
As I depart the LOGCAP-III program I want you to know I gained a measure of goodness from each of you, and am better for the experience. The poem below entitled Bits and Pieces says it far better than I ever could.
People. People important to you, people unimportant to you cross your life, touch it with love and carelessness and move on. There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of remorse and wonder why they had to go away and leave such a gapping hole. Acquaintances move on. People change homes. People grow apart. Enemies hate and move on. Friends love and move on. You think of the many who have moved, in your hazy memory. You look on the present and wonder. I believe in God’s master plan in lives. He moves people in and out of each other’s lives and each leaves their mark on the other. You find you are made up of bits and pieces of all who ever touched your life, and you are more because of it, and you would be less if they had not touched you. Pray that you accept the bits and pieces in humility and wonder, and never question, and never regret.
Take care and stay safe.
LJL
Larry J. Lust
Deputy Principal Program Manager, LC-III
(edited) W. (edited) Street
(city edited), (state edited) (zip edited)
Telephone: (edited)
larry.lust@kbr.com
Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 2:52 pm |
When I come to the end of my journey
And I travel my last weary mile
Just forget if you can, that I ever frowned
And remember only the smile
Forget unkind words I have spoken;
Remember some good I have done
Forget that I ever had heartache
And remember I’ve had loads of fun.
Forget that I’ve stumbled and blundered
And sometimes fell by the way.
Remember I have fought some hard battles
And won, ere the close of the day.
Then forget to grieve for my going,
I would not have you sad for a day,
But in summer just gather some flowers
And remember the place where I lay,
And come in the shade of evening
When the sun
paints the sky in the west.
Stand for a few moments beside me
And remember only my best.
Mrs. Lyman Hancock.
Good luck and happy trails!!
Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 6:05 pm |
Good Riddance to this asso!In 2009, he had fired ,in one day, about 15 or more at the Baghdad Transit Center (BTC) for not wearing a hat and landyard. GOOD RIDDANCE YOU PIECE OF SHIT!
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 11:26 pm |
LOL, i heard about that i guess everyone understand wear your cap and lanyard after that everyone wore them or you could go home. No i did not agree with all of his rules and regs. But everyone got the point.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 6:45 am |
point out that although the hat thing is a bit much – all Government contracts require that Contractor employees wear visable identification identifying the that they are contractors and the company they work for at all times. That is not an optional company rule. I have even worked on a contract in the US that received a Level III CAR because employees were not displaying their identification.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 7:01 am |
I’ve been working for government contractors my entire life. Their badges/CAC cards are their identification. Not their KBR hats and lanyards. If KBR hats and lanyards are a US Government requirement I would like to see that paragraph in the contract.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 9:48 am |
This may have been a misinterpretation on my part – I made the statement with the assumption that the employees required ID (badge on one side/CAC on the other) was hanging on those lanyards, and that what they were not wearing was the required ID at all as the comment stated ‘a’ lanyard – not that it was because they were not wearing a company logo laynard.
You are quite right that the badge and CAC are the required ID. It does not matter how these are displayed – as long as they are displayed. Additionally, I am aware and in agreement that in some positions the wearing of the ID on a lanyard would represent a safety issue and should not be done.
I agreed that the hat thing was stupid – and just for the record I was not overly in favor of the collar on the shirts either.
Sorry if I misinterpreted the original comment.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 11:59 am |
No worries. This whole KBR hat and KBR lanyard mandate has been an ongoing point of contention with employees.
Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 6:41 pm |
KBR Management, beware of the “Ides of March” although it be April.
Caesar: “I am the constant as the northern star, Of whose true-fixed and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.”
With this speech, Caesar seals his fate. After arrogantly defying three separate warnings that his life would be in danger were he to go to the Senate this day (the ides of March), Caesar sits amid the noblemen (and would-be conspirators) and denies their request to repeal the banishment of Publius Cimber. He will not change his mind. He goes on to compare himself to the brightest star of all. His ego and self-importance grows stronger by the word. Finally he compares himself to an Olympian god, and that is when the attack begins. He is stabbed to death by men who, until that point, were on their knees asking that he repeal Cimber’s banishment.
Sunday, April 11th 2010 at 6:44 pm |
Baboo- You never cease to surprise me with you comments!
Monday, April 12th 2010 at 2:22 am |
Good to see you go PILGRIM now if you can take a few of the lower level site PMs with you it would be a clean sweep
Monday, April 12th 2010 at 7:37 pm |
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS ONE. A YOUNG GOOD LOOKING FEMALE EMPLOYEE ADMIN WAS GIVEN A SUPERVISOR POSITION (SHE WORKED FOR OVER A YR)BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ONE TO FILL IN. NOW THAT SHE HAS DEMOBED TWO WEEKS AGO–ALL THESE OTHER MANAGERS ARE LEAVING LOGCAP. THEY WONT FILL HER POSITION WITH SOMEONE MORE QUALIFIED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT KBR’S HIRE YOUR (Kin, Brother’s AND Relatives) SO HOW DO MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR WHOLE LIVES MANAGING GET DENIED THE SAME JOB; BUT A CUTE ADMIN GETS USHERED IN? THEN WEEKS WHEN SHE LEAVES ALL THESE TOP MANGERS LEAVE…HMMM. SOUNDS LIKE EVERYONE IS JUMPING SHIP??? IDK!
Monday, April 12th 2010 at 7:47 pm |
The “cute admin” scenario has played itself out over and over again for KBR. But don’t blame the admin. Blame the managers who are not hiring based on job qualifications, but hiring based on the buddy system, nepotism or they just want a little eye candy in the office. KBR has allowed to go on for years.
As far as the retirement of the these three. I can confidently say that Larry Lusts retirement had nothing to do with any admin. I think Guy LaBoa is just tired of the crap and is retiring because he is ready to retire and I have no idea about Rich Kaye.
If you have more specifics let us know.
Monday, April 12th 2010 at 8:07 pm |
“That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I’m just the one to do it,”
–A congressional candidate in Texas.
Monday, April 12th 2010 at 9:10 pm |
I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT LARRY LUST IS AN HONORABLE MAN. I QUESTION SOME OF THE OTHER “HIRING MANAGERS” CURRENTLY ON STAFF. I’VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WERE SOME GOOD EXPERIENCED PEOPLE WHO WERE DENIED THE OPP FOR THIS POSITION IN ORDER TO ALLOW A BUDDY TO APPLY. HOW DO THEY DO THIS..THE EMPLOYER WHO IS IN CHARGE OF HIRING DESIGNS HIS OWN QUESTIONS THAT USUALLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE POSITION..THEN HE DENIES ALL WHO APPLIED..IN HOPES HIS BUDDY WHO WILL OF COURSE HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS..LOL..TO BE THE NEW SUPERVISOR. I DONT BLAME THE ADMIN WHO’S ONLY EXPERIENCE WAS FOOTLOCKER AND RADIOSHACK..FOR MAKING BETTER OPPS FOR HERSELF. THINK ITS A LIL FISHY THAT SO MANY HIGHER UPS LEAVING ALL THE SAME MONTH. COINCIDENCE? ON ANOTHER NOTE KBR IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN FIRING PEOPLE DOING THEIR JOB…IE. HARD WORKING HUSBAND WITH 4 KIDS AND BABY ON THE WAY. WHY BECAUSE HE WAS ON LEAVE WHEN SOME OF HIS WORKERS MADE BAD DECISCIONS..GREAT!
Monday, April 12th 2010 at 10:12 pm |
“We don’t necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people.”
-Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 12:06 pm |
Larry Lust is not the bad guy everyone makes him out to be. Sometimes the bad mistakes, workmanship and “hiring practices” and mundane daily ops stuff is not even known by the top five. The problem is upper management is so far removed from the actual operations it makes the whole system ineffective. Most of the problems with KBR have been caused by the hiring of ineffective and dangerously inexperienced personnel in the lower levels. The entire process is flawed, and that is not due to one or two top tier managers.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 12:32 pm |
I have to disagree. When you are at the top you have the ability to make positive change and get rid of the ineffective dead wood. Whether it be a PM, DPM or a labor foreman. But what has been happening is the top have been focused hats and lanyards, collared shirts etc and not on the ethics of the management staff. As a matter of fact they have gone to great lengths to protect their management staff at all cost. Do I need to start naming names? Alright I will. Let’s start with John Reddy, Scott Mount, Jeff Uribe just to name a few. (Feel free to chime in anyone)
As far as these managers not being bad people, I doubt they are, but that doesn’t make them good managers. That is why, soldiers are dead, women are raped, employees are killed…the list goes on and on. They are at the top. They get paid multiple 6 figure salaries to be responsible for this. It’s time to be responsible.
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 9:47 am |
If we are going to name names lets throw John Downy’s name in the hat with his little angle Amber Holigin (i probably spelled her name wrong)but what the hell typical KBR Management, she has no clue as to how to be a Operations DPM, but was promoted to DPM a few months back,she has no clue let alone how to make things happen oh wait. I forgot shaken that ass and not following up and making sure that all the fire suppression systems where installed for the DFACs on D,F when she was Director of Engineering for D,F took 3 years to get the Job done then it was not done correctly and F-3 DFAC burned down. lord have mercy if you say a word about Amber or face the wrath of John Downy, Oh and By the way she was also the Director of Engineering over the electrical engineers for D,F when the soldier was Killed by electrical shock at D-9 screw up and move up at all cost i guess its not what you know but who—— cause knowing your job and taking responsibility is not how you get promoted in the D,F sites by John Downy
Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 11:51 am |
ok well should we forget…while on leave all hell breaks lose and the next thing you know ten people are transfered fired or quit. of course everything has to be fixed but wait the good workers who got transferred to bagdad were all your good people..they want a job to be done properly but how? if you keep running behind a job well done and aimlessly destroying all the hard work…i think the day of KBR sugar daddies needs to end. someone please give the site managers and operational mangers some authority for their own crew. i mean if they are trying to get rid of the people that don’t work and kbr heads prevent them and they are trying to keep what few and good employees that give a damn and do their jobs without causing a bunch of high school drama all over the bases.. i dont know what HR are doing besides holding each other’s hands and singing kumbaya..but someone please act like american idol and ax these worthless employees. half of the KBR can’t even spell or write properly..can’t imagine how they have made it working overseas…oh p.s i love the name dropping…lol..i think everyone should be made aware of it and we should give weekly awards to dumb a#$’es who deserve it..
Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 11:52 am |
p.s heard larry lust was having health issues and kbr couldn’t keep him at logcap..don’t know if it is true..
Sunday, August 15th 2010 at 3:54 pm |
Health problems tend to happen when you sit in the defAC 50 % OF YOUR TIME and smoke ciggarettes the other 50 %
Sunday, August 15th 2010 at 5:40 pm |
Must be talking from experience…
Thursday, April 15th 2010 at 3:12 pm |
A word about the Director of Engineering: Same bunk different day.
I had the backing of a current Site Manager and a Senior Engineer for rehire after 4 years since departed from KAF and BAF as a Senior Designer, back last October 2009. That was blocked for some unknown reason even with (4) more years of additional education supporting my resume, and supplying current design samples, which exceed most design work KBR was currently performing in Iraq. The Site Manager never got an answer from HR as to why they didn’t call. Ch2m-Hill didn’t waste anytime and made me an offer. I think they preferred tcn’s and engineers who knew nothing about file management or the design process. Some naturally a few things burned down and with no construction oversight or field inspections.
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 6:42 am |
I can tell you why it was Blocked they wanted to give the position to a uneducated friend or realitve.
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 9:03 am |
I’m sure you’re right if they even filled the spots. I remember back in 02-03 they took anybody that could get on the plane. Of course they did rehire one design tech who was fired at Salerno in A-Stan for drinking by the name of Mike Chaffee from Alaska. So many stories so little time. Good luck.
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 4:07 pm |
sorry old hat..you know how that is friends n family network. they have been transfering and letting go some good people to fill the positions with friends and people who cant write a proper sentence…KBR…
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 4:59 pm |
Isn’t that the truth! Honestly, my 7 year old grandson can write and spell better than a lot of the managers whose emails and other correspondence I’ve read.
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 5:18 pm |
My story is as tired and old as the line of excuses from those KBR Managers who preached quality and practiced a double standard.
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 10:22 pm |
it is just a joke. do you know how many times i have read something that sounded like a 2 yr old translated..lol..hilarious. kbr and their mentally challenged workers. (SCARY) another thing i cannot handle with kbr..hr..they pat everyone on the backs when they mess up and endanger someone’s life but where are their sorry butts when there employees are abusing the SW’s?
gosh its getting to the point i think we should begin an employment blog and begin our own company; an honest company that actually pays their workers what they are contracted to pay..and stop pocketing the cash. someone who can read and write and lest we forget count properly.
Friday, April 23rd 2010 at 8:30 pm |
TTM IS STILL PLAYING WITH YOUR PAY. NOTHING OVER 12 HRS A DAY. OR YOU HAVE TO WRITE A STATEMENT ACCOUNTING FOR EVERY HOUR YOU WORKED INCLUDING THE OVERTIME HOURS. THIS IS AFTER I PUT IN A 93 HOUR WEEK. THEN THEY DELAY SIGNING YOUR TIME SHEET TO SHORTEN YOUR PAYCHECK. PURELY BY ACCIDENT. EVERY ONE JUST SAY’S, I GOT TIRED OF FIGHTING THE SYSTEM…
Tuesday, April 27th 2010 at 5:08 am |
A recent email from Guy LaBoa
TO: LOGCAP III Project Employees
FROM: Guy LaBoa, Principal Program Manager, LOGCAP III Middle East
SUBJECT: Thank You to Larry Lust as he Departs LOGCAP III
After four years of support to the KBR and the LOGCAP project, Deputy Principal Program Manager Larry Lust has announced his resignation effective today. A retired U.S. Army Major General, Larry has accepted a teaching position at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He will be a member of the Force Deployment and Sustainment Division within the Logistics and Resources Department.
With soldiers being so important to Larry, he said his move will, “Allow me to stay in touch with soldiers and contribute to the education of the next generation of combat leaders for our Army.”
Larry arrived on the LOGCAP III project in March 2006, serving in the positions of Deputy Program Manager-Support and Deputy Program Manager. He departed Iraq in June 2008 to assume the role of Program General Manager for LOGCAP IV, but at the request of Guy LaBoa, returned to Iraq as the DPPM on Dec. 30, 2008.
In a farewell letter he wrote to his friends, he closed with the following poem titled “Bits and Pieces.”
People. People important to you, people unimportant to you cross your life, touch it with love and carelessness and move on. There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of remorse and wonder why they had to go away and leave such a gapping hole. Acquaintances move on. People change homes. People grow apart. Enemies hate and move on. Friends love and move on. You think of the many who have moved, in your hazy memory. You look on the present and wonder. I believe in God’s master plan in lives. He moves people in and out of each other’s lives and each leaves their mark on the other. You find you are made up of bits and pieces of all who ever touched your life, and you are more because of it, and you would be less if they had not touched you. Pray that you accept the bits and pieces in humility and wonder, and never question, and never regret.
On behalf of the Senior Leadership Team, LOGCAP III headquarters, and the entire LOGCAP III team, I wish Larry Lust the best as he starts this new venture. I thank him for a job well done – LOGCAP III is a better place having had him on the team.
Guy
Guy LaBoa
Principal Program Manager
KBR LOGCAP III
Victory #43382
APO, AE 09344
Office: 281-669-XXXX
DSN: 485-3697
Friday, April 30th 2010 at 5:39 am |
TO: LOGCAP III Middle East Employees
FROM: Guy LaBoa, Principal Program Manager, LOGCAP III Middle East
SUBJECT: Farewell and Thank You
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” ~ General Colin Powell, U.S. Army (ret.)
It is hard to believe that I have been in Iraq, leading this project for nearly 16 months. But it is time for me to say good-bye to my LOGCAP family and return to my wife and family back home.
As I depart, I want to first and foremost say THANK YOU to every employee on the LOGCAP III Middle East project. What you do each day for our men and women in uniform allows them to complete their missions day-in and day-out.
To lead an organization of this size and complexity is a unique experience. What has made this a great experience is the opportunity to work with dedicated employees.
We all come to LOGCAP III for various reasons: some for the experience and excitement of working in a combat zone, some wanted to travel to a foreign country, while others came for the opportunity to earn additional money while experiencing all of the above. Whatever the reason you came to work for KBR, once you arrived, you understood the significance of our effort in support of the Warfighters here in the Middle East. In my two tours as Principal Program Manager, I am forever amazed at the dedication of our KBR employees. Whether you are a cost specialist, heavy truck driver, power generation mechanic, sous chef, carpenter, logistics coordinator, medic, labor foreman, or one of our hundreds of other jobs, you all bring skills to the project which helps us achieve excellence.
We have accomplished much during this tour of duty. We implemented a Quality Control Plan that has raised our level of service to a never before seen level of excellence. And while we have provided a quality product to our customers in uniform, we did so while becoming a much safer workforce. We recently won our first task order under the LOGCAP IV contract, and as I depart, the transition and drawdown of forces is well underway.
Irving Berlin said, “The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success.” I challenge you all to continue to strive for the excellence.
Thank you for the dedicated support to our mission, the company, and more importantly, the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines we serve.
Good luck to you all and be safe. Remember quality begins with you!
We Deliver!
Guy
Guy LaBoa
Principal Program Manager
KBR LOGCAP III
Victory #43382
APO, AE 09344
Office: 281-669-XXXX
DSN: 485-3697