The contractors have to increase profits somehow.
If soldiers still ran the mess halls, they would not let other soldiers go hungry. Heck of a job Dick and George.
From CNN:
Howard Fleshman contacted Eyewitness News 5 after receiving an e-mail from his daughter, Kristy Fleshman, 26, who said she and her fellow soldiers were working up to 10-hour shifts in desert heat without any food.
Specifically, the e-mail read:
Hey Dad, I have an issue I think I need the family's help on. Someone decided to quit serving all the soldiers at the compounds lunch.