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SBS In World War Two

By Godfrey Basil Courtney

Chindit Column

By Charles Carfrae

Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 15797" data-attributes="member: 1"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SURNAME</li> </ul> Maseth <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FORENAME</li> </ul> Ryan Douglas <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UNIT</li> </ul> 5 SF Group (Company D,1 Bn) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">RANK</li> </ul> Staff Sergeant <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NUMBER</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DATE OF DEATH</li> </ul> 2nd January 2008 <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">AGE</li> </ul> 24 <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GRAVESITE</li> </ul> National Cemetery of the Alleghenies,Cecil,Washington County,Pennsylvania  Section 1 Site 928 <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</li> </ul> from Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania born 20.4.1983 son of Douglas J. Maseth,Allison Park,Pennsylvania son of Cheryl A. (nee Pribik) and stepson of Scott Harris,Cranberry Township,Pennsylvania entered service June 2001 1 Bn 509th Infantry Regiment SF 2005 5 SF Group (HQ and HQ Company) May 2007 awards Bronze Star,Meritorious Service Medal,Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster died from accidental electrocution Baghdad,Iraq <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> 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.” Army commanders, the Army contracting command and KBR were all  “responsible for the use and physical condition” of the compound, the  report said. “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.</blockquote>

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