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According to the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) — Desbuild Incorporated, has been awarded $12,216,944.00 for design and construction of a New Marine Security Guard Residence (MSGR). The project will consist of the design and construction of a MSGR, renovations to the consulate office building.

The work will be at the new U.S. Embassy in Belmopan. The work includes the design and construction of the following: new MSGR (930 gross square meters), renovations to a section of the embassy office building (204 gsm), and related site work.

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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 Freedom’s Sentinel) and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR).

KEY POINTS: In 2nd quarter FY 2015, USCENTCOM reported approximately 45,400 contractor personnel working for the DoD in the USCENTCOM AOR. This total reflects a decrease of approximately 9.3K from the previous quarter. A breakdown of DoD contractor personnel is provided below

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Camp Leatherneck in southern Afghanistan was not a particularly hospitable base for the tens of thousands of U.S. Marines and other troops who surged there towards the end of the last decade. Sandstorms regularly swept through the treeless landscape, and attacks on the base by Taliban forces claimed lives. The base's initial name was "Tombstone."

So it was perhaps understandable when the Marines declared an “operational need” in 2010 for a huge headquarters building at the site, to be outfitted with air conditioning, plush seating and comfortable offices.

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