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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 15797" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Maseth </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ryan Douglas </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 SF Group (Company D,1 Bn) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Staff Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2nd January 2008 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>24 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>National Cemetery of the Alleghenies,Cecil,Washington County,Pennsylvania Section 1 Site 928</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 20.4.1983</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Douglas J. Maseth,Allison Park,Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Cheryl A. (nee Pribik) and stepson of Scott Harris,Cranberry Township,Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service June 2001</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Bn 509th Infantry Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SF 2005</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) May 2007</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Bronze Star,Meritorious Service Medal,Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died from accidental electrocution Baghdad,Iraq </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-maseth.32829/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/32/32829-3e4c79e0a435129105614bd775298e69.jpg?1591436623" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-maseth.6541/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6541-00458bc65227bca15682f1d86bf261f3.jpg?1591388787" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">June 9 (Bloomberg) — KBR Inc., the largest contractor in Iraq, lost all of its potential bonus — $24.1 million — for the first four months of 2008 because it was found partly to blame for the accidental electrocution of a Green Beret.</span></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">This is the first time KBR lost its entire performance fee since the company won the contract in 2001 to support U.S. troops, Army Contracting Command spokesman Daniel Carlson said.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Houston-based KBR has received orders from this contract totaling $35.7 billion to date. Its profit comes from a base fee of 1 percent and periodic bonuses based on criteria such as quality of work and its control over cost and schedule.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Staff Sergeant Ryan Maseth of the 5th Special Forces Group was electrocuted while showering on Jan. 2, 2008, in part because the shower’s electrical pump wasn’t properly grounded when installed less than two years before, the Pentagon inspector general reported on July 27, 2009.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">The report criticized the Army’s oversight of Maseth’s compound, saying his death “was the catastrophic result of the failure of multiple systems exposing U.S. personnel to unnecessary risk.”</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Army commanders, the Army contracting command and KBR were all “responsible for the use and physical condition” of the compound, the report said.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">“KBR did not ground equipment during installation or report improperly grounded equipment identified during routine maintenance” at the facility starting in February 2006, thereby “perpetuating electrical hazards,” the report found.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 15797, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Maseth [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Ryan Douglas [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]5 SF Group (Company D,1 Bn) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Staff Sergeant [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]2nd January 2008 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]24 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]National Cemetery of the Alleghenies,Cecil,Washington County,Pennsylvania Section 1 Site 928[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 20.4.1983[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Douglas J. Maseth,Allison Park,Pennsylvania[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]son of Cheryl A. (nee Pribik) and stepson of Scott Harris,Cranberry Township,Pennsylvania[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]entered service June 2001[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1 Bn 509th Infantry Regiment[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]SF 2005[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) May 2007[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]awards Bronze Star,Meritorious Service Medal,Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died from accidental electrocution Baghdad,Iraq [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-maseth.32829/'][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/32/32829-3e4c79e0a435129105614bd775298e69.jpg?1591436623[/IMG][/URL] [URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-maseth.6541/"][IMG]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6541-00458bc65227bca15682f1d86bf261f3.jpg?1591388787[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]June 9 (Bloomberg) — KBR Inc., the largest contractor in Iraq, lost all of its potential bonus — $24.1 million — for the first four months of 2008 because it was found partly to blame for the accidental electrocution of a Green Beret.[/COLOR][/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]This is the first time KBR lost its entire performance fee since the company won the contract in 2001 to support U.S. troops, Army Contracting Command spokesman Daniel Carlson said.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Houston-based KBR has received orders from this contract totaling $35.7 billion to date. Its profit comes from a base fee of 1 percent and periodic bonuses based on criteria such as quality of work and its control over cost and schedule.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Staff Sergeant Ryan Maseth of the 5th Special Forces Group was electrocuted while showering on Jan. 2, 2008, in part because the shower’s electrical pump wasn’t properly grounded when installed less than two years before, the Pentagon inspector general reported on July 27, 2009.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]The report criticized the Army’s oversight of Maseth’s compound, saying his death “was the catastrophic result of the failure of multiple systems exposing U.S. personnel to unnecessary risk.”[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Army commanders, the Army contracting command and KBR were all “responsible for the use and physical condition” of the compound, the report said.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]“KBR did not ground equipment during installation or report improperly grounded equipment identified during routine maintenance” at the facility starting in February 2006, thereby “perpetuating electrical hazards,” the report found.[/COLOR][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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