BACKGROUND: This report provides DoD contractor personnel numbers for 2 nd quarter FY18 and current status of efforts underway to improve management of contractors accompanying U.S. Forces. It includes data on DoD contractor personnel deployed in Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS); Iraq and Syria, Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR); and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) […]
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), was awarded an additional $14,557,557 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62470-13-D-6022) for expansion of the Expeditionary Legal Complex at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The work to be performed provides for design and construction of new structures at the Expeditionary Legal Complex supporting the Office […]
The US military is using more than 5,500 contractors in the campaign to defeat the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, the Pentagon revealed in a quarterly report this week that acknowledges the use of contractors in the Syrian war zone for the first time. The latest figures from US Central Command indicate that […]
When asking about the role of private contractors in the so-called “War on Terror”, one has to be careful not to fall for the sensationalism which envelops much of the public debate on military outsourcing. This means keeping a focus on the structural and systematic rather than the individual, anecdotal evidence of contractor involvement in military […]
Company Is Seeking Full Retraction of False and Misleading Claims of Sex Trafficking, Security Breaches and Cover Ups at Balad Sallyport Global Holdings today filed a defamation lawsuit against two former employees who made false and misleading statements to the Associated Press about the company's operations at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq. The lawsuit claims the statements harmed Sallyport's […]