Sgt. Keith Paulson escorts the workers and foremen of the ?Bumblebee Crew? ? named for the color of their uniforms ? on COB Basra, Dec. 2. When the latest group started, they took a pay cut from $17 to $9 a day. This was hard for some of them, but they said that they like working for Paulson, and for him they would stay. They are now back up to $13 a day.
Workers on the ?Bumblebee Crew? ? named for the color of their uniforms ? work to make a dirt road on COB Basra passable after heavy rains, Dec. 2. The locals on the crew have to wake up early enough to make the lengthy walk from their homes in the nearby villages of Basrah to get through three checkpoints and start work around 9 in the morning.
