ess was contracted by the u.s. marine corps, the 82nd airborne division, the british ministry of defence, the coalition provisional authority, along with the major defense contractors fluor, rms, bechtel, and most notably kbr (a subsidiary of halliburton) under the u.s. army troop support contract called logcap iii to provide dining and construction services at desert bases and encampments in kuwait and iraq from the start of operations in 2003 to 2006.