According to Department of the Arm - Contracting Command, The U.S. Army intends to extend this contract by 18 months on a sole source basis. This will allow performance to continue until 30 June 2018, to support Afghanistan operations for the United States Army. This contract is for highly trained law enforcement professionals (LEPs) to instruct and facilitate […]
BY: RUTA NIMKAR, Private military and security companies (PMSCs) have earned a place in the spotlight recently due primarily to charges of human rights abuses in Iraq. However, the industry has been growing rapidly for over two decades, and has had significant impact on conflicts in Sierra Leone, Bosnia, and Papua New Guinea, among others. This article examines the difference between modern […]
Janus Global Operations (JGO), an international stability operations company, has opened an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to manage the company’s commercial and government client operations in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. “Dubai’s location makes it a great fit for our expanding work in the region,” Weakley said. “We’re constantly evaluating how to […]
Private military contractors in Iraq skyrocketed in number by eight times over the period of January 2015 to January 2016, according to a new Pentagon report to Congress. There were just 250 contractors in Iraq in January 2015, a number that has surged to 2,028. Exactly 70 percent are American nationals, 20 percent are from other […]
CONTRACTOR SUPPORT OF U.S. OPERATIONS IN THE USCENTCOM AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY 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), Iraq (Operation Inherent Resolve), and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). KEY […]