Lockheed Martin needs a grammar lesson, among other things.

Once again a company we rarely – perhaps never – think about, is advertising on TV. So what’s up? Is it to counteract bad publicity?

This time the company is Lockheed Martin. Its slogan on TV is “We never forget who we’re working for.” Well, it ain’t the English Grammar department, because Lockheed Martin needs to take a course there. The “who” should be “whom”. And then there’s that darn dangling participle. So, it should have been “We never forget FOR WHOM we’re working.”

And just who would that “WHOM” be?

Well, one is the executive branch – but we’re not sure if that includes Dick Cheney here or here or here. Lockheed Martin is/was making 23 VH-71 luxury helicopters. In 2005, they were supposed to cost about $6,100,000,000. (That's 6 Billion 100 Million dollars. That's $265,217,391 each. That's 265 Million 217 Thousand 391 dollars each. Lots of money.) But, you know how that goes. The new cost is projected to be 34% more. (Why am I not surprised?)

Another is the U.S. Coast Guard. Lockheed Martin was in a partnership with Northrop Grumman “to upgrade 110-foot legacy cutters, lengthen them to 123 feet, and extend their service lives [but that] has produced 8 cracking hulks that are now tied up in Baltimore, unable to return to service, and waiting for the scrap heap." (Source here. Also check out this story from an ex-worker at Lockheed Martin, his YouTube video here.)

Such a mess... So let’s rephrase that TV advertisement: “We never forget that we’re working for ourselves, so get over it.”