Douglas Willig

Company D, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cav commander Capt. Douglas Willig, 28, of Fort Wayne, Ind., said he'd experienced moving from one area of operations to another while serving in Iraq from 2003 to 2004."I was in downtown Baghdad but shifted neighborhoods when I moved from being an infantry platoon leader to a brigade scout platoon leader.The area I was responsible for tripled in size," he said.

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For captain Douglas Willig, who is in charge of an area adjacent to Brown's, the new CLC contracts will mean that 30% of all his workers will take a 30% pay cut next month.
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"My CLCs are going to change pretty drastically," says Willig.Previously Willig thought he could at least rely upon funds for micro-grants project to spark economic activity by helping Iraqis who wouldn't transition from the CLCs to the army or police to segue into small business."The feeling was [micro-grants] was the best thing going," says Willig.He has received application packets for $150,000 in grants, but the colonel overseeing his command has only $200,000 in grant money for an area that is more than four times as large as Willig's.The colonel told Willig he will receive $25,000 in grant money, a fifth what he was expecting.

Another line of CERP funding is supposed to provide Willig with $10,000 from which to draw up to $1,000 at a time to pay Iraqis whose property has been damaged during operations.Two families seeking damages - one for $400 and one for $450 for windows blown out and walls broken down during different operations have been waiting for months because Willig's funding has run dry."I've been telling them to come back later - I haven't had [this line of CERP funding] since October.There's bureaucracy involved and reviews and allocation at different levels.Two months ago I would have said come back tomorrow [to pick up the payment]", says Willig.