According to the Department of Defense (DoD), a company out of Tampa, Florida was awarded an $11,611,032 firm-fixed-price contract for supplies and services to deliver network operations center equipment, software licenses, and extended warranty coverage, and to provide installation services, support services and training for the government of Iraq. Work will be performed in Iraq, […]
A volley of rockets targeting an airbase in Iraq's Kurdistan region late on Monday killed a foreign civilian contractor and wounded five others and a US soldier, the US-led coalition said. The attack was the first time Western military or diplomatic installations have been targeted in Iraq in nearly two months, after a string of […]
BACKGROUND: This report provides Department of Defense (DoD) contractor personnel numbers for 1st quarter Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) and the current status of efforts underway to improve management of contractors accompanying the United States (U.S.) Forces. It includes data on DoD contractor personnel deployed in Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS); Iraq and Syria, Operation Inherent […]
The United States embassy in Baghdad is withdrawing some of its staff ahead of the first anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in the Iraqi capital, according to media reports. The drawdown will continue until after the anniversary of the killing of Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone […]
BACKGROUND: This report provides Department of Defense (DoD) contractor personnel numbers for 4th quarter Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) and current status of efforts underway to improve management of contractors accompanying United States (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); […]