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 […]
Court Deals Major Blow to Veterans Suing Over Burn Pits A federal judge has dismissed a major lawsuit against a defense contractor by veterans and their family members, over burn pit operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that plaintiffs said caused them chronic and sometimes deadly respiratory diseases and cancer. In the decision, U.S. District Court […]
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), the contractor was awarded an additional $39,130,408 to domestic and foreign military sales (Sweden and Tunisia) contract W58RGZ-13-C-0040 for aviation field maintenance services. Work will be performed in Tunisia, Sweden, Egypt, Kuwait, Germany and Iraq, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2018.