CRS Report DoD Contractors Iraq Afghanistan Aug 2009
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on September 2, 2009 Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background and Analysis We posted this report elsewhere a few weeks ago but as it is...
View ArticleDrugs suspected in death of Afghanistan Contractor
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on September 16, 2009 The Associated Press Original Story here Wednesday, September 16, 2009 WASHINGTON — A U.S. contractor in Afghanistan helping train the national police...
View ArticleGAO Contingency Contracting Report October 2009
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on October 2, 2009 DOD, State, and USAID Continue to Face Challenges in Tracking Contractor Personnel and Contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan What GAO found In response to a...
View ArticleIs this any way to treat our heroes
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on October 31, 2009 The following post by Joan E Dowlin at Huffington Post does not mention that this hero should be receiving treatment for his PTSD under the Defense Base...
View ArticleMaryland Contractor died in Afghanistan
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on November 15, 2009 Md. Man Died In Afghanistan Chris Coffland of Homeland was working as a contractor and was a member of the Army reserves. According to family members,...
View ArticleDavid W Laconte, US Navy SEAL, Civilian Contractor, killed by bomb in...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on November 18, 2009 Retired SEAL from Virginia Beach slain by bomb in Afghanistan The Virginian-Pilot Updated At a time when many men would have been enjoying retirement,...
View ArticleEight US Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Blast
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on December 30, 2009 Eight U.S. Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Blast (Update1) Update Dec 31 9pm The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote base in...
View ArticleDefense Base Act Compensation blog Most Viewed Posts in 2009
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 1, 2010 These are based on statistics from Jan 1 2009 through Dec 31 2009 Tangiers International Updates And still awaiting the outcome of the Department of...
View ArticleFormer Navy SEAL, Contractor, Killed Thurs in CIA Khost Bombing
Former Navy SEAL, Contractor, Killed Thurs in CIA bombing Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 1, 2010 Army Times January 16, 2012 A soldier based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., died Jan. 15 at...
View ArticleCNN: Xe, Blackwater, contractors killed in CIA bombing
Posted: Jan. 2, 2010 Moyock, N.C. — Two CIA contractors killed in a bombing in Afghanistan Wednesday were employed by North Carolina-based Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, according to CNN. A former...
View ArticleTwo Contractors killed in CIA bombing worked for Xe Blackwater
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 4, 2010 Xe spokesman Mark Corallo declined to confirm whether the men worked for the North Carolina-based company. A former U.S. intelligence official has said...
View ArticleJordanian double agent killed CIA Officers/Blackwater Xe Contractors
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 4, 2010 By Robert Windrem and Richard Engel, NBC News The suicide bombing on a CIA base in Afghanistan last week was carried out by a Jordanian doctor who was an...
View ArticleDane Clark Paresi Former Special Forces, Contractor, Killed in CIA suicide...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 6, 2010 DuPont man among seven killed in Afghan suicide attack A DuPont resident and former Fort Lewis soldier was one of seven U.S. intelligence agents killed...
View ArticleBlackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 6, 2010 Follow the Defense Base Act DBA Claim trail……. The Nation Jeremy Scahill A leading member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has...
View ArticleCharter airline’s suit over war zone hazard pay gets class-action status
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 13, 2010 Class-action status has been granted in a lawsuit claiming crew members of a North Las Vegas charter airline didn’t receive extra hazard pay for flying...
View ArticleState will hire contractor to supervise contractors
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 23, 2010 By Robert Brodsky rbrodsky@govexec.com March 23, 2010 The State Department plans to hire a personal services contractor to help supervise a private...
View ArticleCV-22 Osprey Crashes in Afghanistan Kills Contractor
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 9, 2010 UPDATE: We have been informed that the civilian contractor killed in this crash was a female. As usual the identities of the killed and injured...
View ArticleAfghanistan becomes more dangerous for contractors
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 22, 2010 By Matt Kelley USA Today WASHINGTON — U.S. government contractor deaths in Afghanistan more than doubled last year as violence and American troop...
View ArticleAmerican military creating an environmental disaster in Afghan countryside
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 26, 2010 America plans to withdraw its troops but leave behind a toxic mess The Kabul Press Part One of Three The American military presence in Afghanistan...
View ArticleFemale Aid Worker Killed in Afghanistan
TEHRAN (FNA)- A female aid worker was killed by Taliban militants in central Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan.Provincial security chief spokesman Gen. Abdul Wali said the body of the...
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