DOD Contractor Census, 4th quarter Fiscal Year 2022 | USCENTCOM | Iraq, Syria
(POC) — BACKGROUND: This report provides Department of Defense (DoD) contractor personnel numbers for the 4th quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) and the current status of efforts underway to improve the management of contractors accompanying United States (U.S.) Forces. It includes data on DoD contractor personnel deployed in Iraq and Syria, Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR).
KEY POINTS: During 4th quarter FY22, USCENTCOM reported approximately 21,530 contractor personnel supporting DoD in the USCENTCOM AOR, an increase of approximately 1,252 from the previous quarter.
DoD Contractor Personnel in the USCENTCOM AOR
OIR (Iraq and Syria) Summary
The distribution of contractors in Iraq and Syria by mission category are:
- Base Support 2,206 (27.9%)
- Construction 459 (5.8%)
- IT/Communications Support 308 (3.9%)
- Logistics/Maintenance 1,985 (25.1%)
- Management/Administrative 506 (6.4%)
- Medical/Dental/Social Services 79 (1.0%)
- Other 127 (1.6%)
- Security 941 (11.9%)
- Training 24 (0.3%)
- Translator/Interpreter 553 (7.0%)
- Transportation 720 (9.1%)
Total: 7,908
Contractor Posture: Approximately 7,908 DoD contractors directly supported DoD-funded contracts in Iraq and Syria. This is an increase of 18.1% from 3rd quarter FY22.