Dreamworks! The poor man's Pixar!

I am a soldier currently deployed to Iraq in support of the current drawdown. I manage a videoteleconferencing suite that was supposed to be run by civilian contractors, but out of the two that worked the shop, one did his time and left on time, and the other got a better job and left early. We were sent a replacement. I had to train this person up, but then they were moved to another base to cover down on the contracting companies other commitments. My soldier and I now run the shop in place of the civilians that were there before. My soldier has learned faster and performed better than the civilian I trained and makes about 1/5th of the pay that contractor made and only gets to go home for 15 days once during the deployment. The contractor gets paid leave every three months and left us somewhat... disappointed when it came to performance. Soldiers can do what contractors can, and if left to focus on that job specifically, we may even outperform as we have invested a bit more into the outcome. Some contractors we really do need, but some are getting heavily overpaid for something a soldier could easily learn how to do. I think the system needs an overhaul.