US Navy CDR Richard Halloran served as a contracting officer tasked with overseeing contracts to build public health centers in Baghdad, Iraq during 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and on an oil terminal in the Arabian Gulf during 2008. In this March 2011 interview, CDR Halloran discusses his duties as a contracting officer, the challenges of carrying out his job properly while under pressure from various agencies, and the unusual nature of his deployment to an oil terminal.

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