CONTRACTOR SUPPORT OF U.S. OPERATIONS IN THE USCENTCOM AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY TO INCLUDE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN BACKGROUND: This report updates DoD contractor personnel numbers in theater and outlines DoD efforts to improve management of contractors accompanying U.S. forces. It covers DoD contractor personnel deployed in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF); Iraq; and, the U.S. Central Command […]
Pentagon prepares to contract for privatized flying service to fly US special forces throughout Africa. The contract will be up to $50 million. The contracts will begin this August. Contractors will be expected to carry out medical evacuations during "high risk activities" as well as transporting equipment and commandos from the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Trans […]
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) response to information that DOD, USAID, and the State Department supplied in response to SIGAR’s request for their 10 most- and least- successful programs and projects in Afghanistan. The letter noted difficulties in each agency’s responsiveness. SIGAR addresses DOD, DOS, and USAID: Dear Secretary Kerry, Secretary Hagel, and Administrator Shah: On […]
Sometimes, a conventional wisdom is just that, a conventional wisdom, not the truth; at least not the whole truth. As case in point, let's look at the recently published article, "The Other Side of the COIN: Private Security Companies and Counterinsurgency Operations," published by Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. According to the abstract: " The […]
U.S. and other foreign contractors owe Afghan workers and companies potentially tens of millions of dollars, heightening security risks for Westerners living and working in Afghanistan, according to a government report released Thursday. The report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) details how local subcontractors in Afghanistan are threatening to kidnap or kill Western […]