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Civilians’ Role Grows In Drone Missions

Posted on December 30, 2011 5:47 pm by David

Los Angeles Times December 30, 2011 Pg. 1 Combat By Camera Civilians’ Role Grows In Drone Missions The use of contractors brings for-profit firms into highly sensitive operations, worrying some in the military. By David S. Cloud WASHINGTON — After … Continue reading →

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Wartime Contracting Commission releases final report to Congress

Posted on August 31, 2011 6:59 pm by David

Commission on Wartime Contracting CWC-NR-49 Wartime Contracting Commission releases final report to Congress • Pegs waste, fraud in Iraq, Afghanistan at >$30 billion • Sees threat of more waste in unsustainable projects • Faults both government officials and contractors • … Continue reading →

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U.S. trucking funds reach Taliban, military-led investigation concludes

Posted on July 25, 2011 2:07 am by David

U.S. trucking funds reach Taliban, military-led investigation concludes By Karen DeYoung, Sunday, July 24, 9:38 PM A year-long military-led investigation has concluded that U.S. taxpayer money has been indirectly funneled to the Taliban under a $2.16 billion transportation contract that the United … Continue reading →

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Showing The PMSC Sector The Money

Posted on May 19, 2011 8:06 pm by David

Showing The PMSC Sector The Money By David Isenberg Imagine a real life version of the Jerry Maguire movie. In this reality the private military contracting community is played by Cuba Gooding and the Pentagon is played by Tom Cruise. … Continue reading →

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Less troops = More Contractors

Posted on January 8, 2011 11:12 pm by David

Some military officials believe many jobs could be replaced with civilian contractors or civilian government employees. Military intelligence analysts, especially those assigned to higher-level headquarters, can be replaced with officials from civilian agencies or even contractors. Also, military officials said … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of Army Social Scientists Unqualified, Former Boss Says

Posted on December 21, 2010 5:46 pm by David

Hundreds of Army Social Scientists Unqualified, Former Boss Says By Spencer Ackerman December 21, 2010 Nearly five years after the Army began a controversial program to embed social scientists in combat units, the former director and chief bureaucratic force behind … Continue reading →

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America’s New Mercenaries

Posted on December 16, 2010 6:40 pm by David

America’s New Mercenaries by Tim Shorrock As American commanders meet this week for the Afghanistan review, Obama is hiring military contractors at a rate that would make Bush blush. Tim Shorrock on the Blackwater heirs. Top U.S. commanders are meeting … Continue reading →

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US Army Starving its Civil Affairs Functions: Prefers New Age HTS, PRT’s

Posted on December 15, 2010 3:36 am by David

4 December 2010 US Army Starving its Civil Affairs Functions: Prefers New Age HTS, PRT’s “If the expansion of the Human Terrain System gains traction at TRADOC it could kill any efforts to develop a cultural expertise construct by the … Continue reading →

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MPRI, Inc., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Dec. 9 a $156,051,487 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.

Posted on December 15, 2010 3:08 am by David

December 13, 2010 No. 1137-10 ARMY MPRI, Inc., Alexandria, Va., was awarded on Dec. 9 a $156,051,487 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This award will embed former law-enforcement professionals into corps, division, brigade, regimental and battalion headquarters to assist commanders with enhanced expertise … Continue reading →

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Army hires contractor to help with counter-IED effort

Posted on December 15, 2010 2:49 am by David

Army hires contractor to help with counter-IED effort Dec 13, 2010 The Army has awarded a $20.6 million contract to CACI-WGI to furnish various support services to the military organization responsible for developing tactics and tools to combat improvised explosive … Continue reading →

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