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	Private military company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If captured contractors are found to be mercenaries, they are an unlawful combatant and lose the right to prisoner of war status.
		Military staff are lured by the fact that entry level positions with the various companies can pay up to $100,000 a year, which is 2-3 times more than what an average special forces soldier is paid.
		Could you speak to, since the private contractors are operating outside the Uniform Code of Military Justice, could you speak to what law or rules of engagement do govern their behaviour and whether there has been any study showing that it is cost-effective to have them in Iraq rather than US military personnel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Private_military_contractor (2864 words)

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		While the military is a sophisticated and competent participant in the process of design and manufacture, it is not always aware of all the risks that may be known to the contractor.
		The relationship between the military and its contractors is improved on the whole by a requirement that ensures that the information flowing from contractors to the military is as full and frank as is reasonably possible and that all risks and dangers known to contractors have been disclosed.
		Contractors, feeling compelled to perform tests not required under the contract, might well increase their bids or, faced with such uncertainty, "be discouraged from bidding on essential military projects" Bynum v.
	www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/1986/sg860338.txt (4710 words)

	Private military contractor - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		When working for a State's military the difference in nomenclature seems to be arbitrary, the chief distinction that may be made is that defense contractors supply specialized hardware and the personnel to support and service that hardware, while PMCs supply personnel with specialized skills, which often include combat experience.
		If however the contractor engages in combat, on capture they can be classified as a mercenary under the 1997 Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions (Protocol I) Article 47.c, unless they fall under an exemption to this clause as listed in Article 47.
		Employees of private military contractor CACI were involved in the Iraq Abu Ghraib prison scandal in 2003, and 2004.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Private_military_contractor (2045 words)

	FM3-100.21 Chapter 1
		While contractors consistently support deployed armed forces, commanders need to fully understand their role in planning for and managing contractors on the battlefield and to ensure that their staff is trained to recognize, plan for, and implement contractor requirements.
		Contractor support is categorized by the type of support that they provide on the battlefield and, more importantly, by what type of contracting organization has contracting authority over them.
		Contractors and their employees are not combatants, but civilians "authorized" to accompany the force in the field.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/3-100-21/chap1.htm (4323 words)

	View from the Hill Online - Representative Jan Schakowsky, 9th District, Illinois - 2002 Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		After all, private contractors often serve side by side with our brave troops, and these same United States troops are often tasked to protect our contractors, who are paid with billions of US taxpayer dollars.
		Contractors have been implicated in financial, legal, and human rights abuses, including illicit trade, drugs, prostitution rings, allegations of fraud, human rights abuses and worst of all, unprovoked civilian deaths.
		The private military contractor business is the war business, and for-profit companies do not share the same mission-based goals as the US military.
	www.house.gov /schakowsky/PressRelease_6_13_06_MilitaryContractors.html (457 words)

	Q&A: Private Military Contractors and the Law (Human Rights Watch, October 21, 2004)
		Contractors are considered to be civilians authorized to accompany the force in the field.
		Contractors may lose their legal protection if they are used in direct support of military operations; in such cases they would become subject to direct attack so long as they directly participated in the hostilities.
		Contractors, such as those serving as military interrogators, could also be prosecuted under the federal anti-torture statute (18 U.S.C. 2340), which prohibits torture by anyone who commits an act of torture outside of the United States.
	www.hrw.org /english/docs/2004/05/05/iraq8547_txt.htm (986 words)

	Private Military Corporations - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Private military corporations, private military firms, private security companies, military services providers, the privatized military industry are all attempts to label the phenomena of private companies offering services on the world market that have normally been duties of national military forces or involve armed security detail for business in unstable regions.
		Private military contractors are the second largest force in Iraq with over twenty thousand active personnel in the country.
		The single largest issue introduced by the evolution of military services by the private sector is the degree to which corporations are now transcending the power of governments, rising as an influential variable within international and regional diplomacy, and redefining sovereignty in the 21st century.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Private_Military_Corporations (4158 words)

	When Should the Government Use Contractors to Support Military Operations?
		Military contractors are currently assisting militaries around the world with missions that range from training and supply chain management to fighting in battles.
		Yet relying on military contractors has its share of risks, including potential shortfalls in mission success, concerns over the safety of contractors, loss of resources because a capability is outsourced, loss of total force management, and problems of compliance with administrative law.
		Military organizations can be classified based on their location in the battle space: the general theater, the theater of war, and the tactical theater (the actual area of operations).
	www.heritage.org /Research/NationalSecurity/bg1938.cfm (1793 words)

	Defense contractor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A defense contractor (sometimes called a military contractor) is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a defense department of a government.
		Defense contractors do not generally provide direct support of military operations.
		Under 1949 Geneva Conventions defense contractors engaged in direct support of military operations may be legitimate targets of military attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Defense_contractor (163 words)

	The Myth of the Specialized Military Contractor
		This is true among not only the major contractors that serve the Pentagon but the thousands of subcontractors that actually perform a substantial share of military manufacturing.
		Military contractors in the MDG sector are also more likely to collaborate with subcontractors in developing new products and to provide financial aid.
		Whether or not the few extremely defense-specialized large contractors are able to survive the downsizing of Cold War-driven demand, the large majority of companies in the military production network clearly are already poised to make the adjustment.
	www.lehigh.edu /~taw4/TR.html (2555 words)

	View from the Hill Online - Representative Jan Schakowsky, 9th District, Illinois - 2002 Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		“Private contractors serve side by side with our troops, and are paid with billions of US taxpayer dollars, so the rules governing their conduct need to be clear, uniform and tough,” she continued.
		It outlines carefully the relationship between combat commanders and contractors so that there is a structure of command and a chain of command.
		It would also say that any employee of a contractor would have to follow the laws of the host country, international law, and US law.
	www.house.gov /schakowsky/PressRelease_5_11_06_ContractorAmendment.html (733 words)

	Iraq Occupation Makes Possible Record Profits for British Private Military Contractor - Security Council - Global ...
		The private military industry is growing with some estimating annual contracts in the $10-20 billion range, while others cite figures as high as $100 billion.
		The use of private military forces or mercenary armies by states is not a recent development, but its global proliferation has very modern roots.
		Last year, four former security contractors told NBC News that they watched as innocent Iraqi civilians were fired upon, and one was crushed by a truck.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/iraq/contract/2006/0228contractor.htm (1988 words)

	Military contractor from Dauphin County killed in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Military contractor from Dauphin County killed in Iraq
		WILLIAMSTOWN -- A Dauphin County man working in Iraq for a military contractor was killed early Saturday when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb, a family spokesman said today.
		While in the military, Carroll worked at Fort Indiantown Gap as a helicopter instructor and pilot.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05234/558266.stm (143 words)

	Lawmakers question military, contractor training on war prisoners (5/11/04)
		Lawmakers on the House Government Reform Committee raised questions Tuesday over whether military personnel and private contractors are properly trained to handle prisoners of war in Iraq.
		"The involvement of private contractors in these abuses raises a host of issues," the lawmakers wrote in a May 11 letter to Davis.
		Steve Novotny, commander of the 530th Military Police Battalion, said he ensured that any abuses were reported up the chain of command and those responsible were reprimanded.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0504/051104c1.htm (495 words)

	Looking for name of defense contractor - General Military Defence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Due to a confidentiality agreement, he can't tell me who the contractor is at this point, but I will be notified of the company's name should I decide to accept an interview for the position.
		It is a defense contractor in Ft Worth (not Lockheed Martin, that much I know) that has a contract to work on military hummers.
		i'd have to have a substantial increase to work as a contractor due to the risk involved, and because when the company did hire me full-time, they'd offer less than i'd be making as a contractor because they'd have to factor benefits into their salary offer.
	www.defencetalk.com /forums/showthread.php?p=49518 (759 words)

	Military contractor offers $100,000 reward in theft of military medical records
		A government contractor posted a $100,000 reward in the theft of Social Security numbers and other personal records of 500,000 military service members and their families in 16 states.
		The Pentagon is building a network to computerize the entire military health care system, including patient records of 8.7 million service members, retirees and their families who receive medical care under Pentagon programs.
		The Pentagon is planning to roll out the project at up to seven military hospitals across the nation after successfully testing the concept at four locations.
	www.securityfocus.com /news/1949 (425 words)

	GM Canada again largest military contractor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		With estimated 1998 military sales of $366 million, GM Canada achieved top spot by supplying light armoured vehicles (LAVs) – built at its Diesel Division in London – to the Canadian Army and the Saudi Arabian National Guard.
		The value of military service contracts, missile sales by the Northern Ireland subsidiary, Short Brothers, and especially Bombardier’s sales of commercial aircraft to military users, suggest that this figure may be understated.
		As an example, IMP Group of Halifax was the third biggest contractor with the Canadian Department of National Defence during 1998.
	www.ploughshares.ca /libraries/monitor/mond99e.html (1098 words)

	OLD American Century / White Rose Society message boards > Military Contractor Philanthropy
		Of course, it is not news that military contractors help many politicians get their jobs via campaign contributions.
		Military contractors are attentive to every kind of minority organization: Asians Against Domestic Abuse and Vietnamese American Community (Halliburton); American Indian Science and Engineering Society and National Society of Black Engineers (Northrop Grumman); the Holocaust Museum and the Chinese Community Center (GE).
		As it is, thousands of these potential leaders are tucked away in innumerable non-governmental organizations, funded by military contractors and other corporations and foundations friendly to US imperial policies.
	www.oldamericancentury.org /bb/lofiversion/index.php/t6569.html (2615 words)

	Asia Times - Massive military contractor's media mess
		Perhaps not coincidentally, SAIC's corporate vice president for strategic assessment and development, Christopher Ryan Henry, joined the Pentagon as deputy undersecretary of defense for policy at the same time as the IRDC got underway, serving with Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith, who was in overall charge of preparing for post-war Iraq.
		SAIC is also a subcontractor under Vinnell Corporation, another big defense contractor that has long been in charge of training for the Saudi National Guard, hired to reconstitute and train a new Iraqi army.
		To oversee the job, SAIC hired away the director of Voice of America (VOA), Robert Reilly, an outspoken right-wing ideologue who began his public career in the 1980s as a propagandist in the White House for the Nicaraguan contras.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/EH16Ak02.html (1203 words)

	Military Contracting: Growth Field For Spouse Careers
		This actual job announcement is an example of one path that savvy military spouses consider as they search for a mobile career: working for a military contractor.
		"Contractors typically hail from the corporate sector where employment law applies and is different from government HR policies.
		She came to the job from a position with another military contractor, Axiom Resource Management, working on its TRICARE contract.
	www.militarymoney.com /success/1124913576 (1430 words)

	JURIST - Paper Chase: US military contractor hit with new lawsuit alleging Iraq fraud
		Holly Manges Jones at 11:10 AM ET [JURIST] A new federal lawsuit has been filed against banned American military contractor Custer Battles [corporate website] and two former Pentagon officials alleging that the defendants tried to bypass a suspension order against the contractor by setting up shell companies to continue gaining rebuilding contracts in Iraq.
		The lawsuit, a copy of which was obtained by AP, names former acting Navy Secretary Hansford T. Johnson [official profile] and former acting Navy Undersecretary Douglas Combs as co-conspirators in the scheme.
		The suit was brought by two whistleblowers, including Robert Isakson, a former employee of the contractor who won [JURIST report] a previous suit against Custer Battles in March based on allegations that the firm overcharged the US Coalition Provisional Authority [official website] by nearly $50 million.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2006/07/us-military-contractor-hit-with-new.php (395 words)

	Military Contractor Pleads Guilty to Bribery - New York Times
		WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 — A military contractor pleaded guilty Friday to paying a California congressman more than $1 million in bribes and to hiring the son of a Pentagon official in a scheme that helped bring his firm more than $150 million in military contracts since 2002.
		The contractor, Mitchell Wade, founder and former president of MZM Inc. in Washington, admitted in an appearance before Judge Ricardo M. Urbina of Federal District Court that he bribed the congressman, former Representative Randy Cunningham, with cash, cars and antiques.
		An article on Saturday about a plea deal by a military contractor, Mitchell Wade, in a $1 million bribery case misstated the political affiliation of Representative Virgil H. Goode Jr.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/02/25/politics/25plea.html?ex=1298523600&en=35306a725f7939f6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (586 words)

	Florida Contractor Supply Resource And Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Contractor general washington dc general license school florida florida license board license state board.
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		Bruce Eldridge, senior vice president of engineering and design of C3, said that the HM Systems' 486 board were selected in preference to other suppliers, including those in the US, because of their power and compactness.
	www.contractorsupplyonline.info /florida-contractor-supply.html (1165 words)

	Chief at Big Military Contractor Dies - New York Times
		Frank C. Lanza, chief executive of L-3 Communications, one of the nation's largest military contractors, died Tuesday evening while recovering from surgery, setting off speculation over the future of the company that he helped found nearly a decade ago.
		In 1997, he was a co-founder of L-3 Communications — one of the L's stands for his name — which was cobbled together from several languishing units of the Lockheed Martin Corporation.
		As L-3 is the nation's ninth-largest military contractor, few companies are in a position to acquire all of it.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/06/08/business/08arms.html?ex=1307419200&en=31604c5901fdede4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (852 words)

	Military contractor selects Bladen facility (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bladen County economic development officials have announced that a new company working with the military has selected a 64,000 square foot facility in Bladenboro as the repository for their operations.
		The owners noted that the company plans to expand its scope of operations to include designing and manufacturing logistical support equipment for both military and non-military use.
		Brisson said he was especially pleased to aid the local workforce by providing good-paying jobs to an area hard hit by the downturn in the textile industry.
	www.ncse.org /announce/imt.htm (380 words)

	infowars: Military Contractor Blackwater Wants To Build Airstrips In N.C.
		NORFOLK, Va. -- Military contractor Blackwater USA has applied for a permit to build a pair of airstrips in North Carolina as the war in Iraq continues to fuel the company's growth.
		Blackwater, based in Moyock, N.C., employs 1,300 contractors with a database of 4,700 more and trains 500 military and law enforcement personnel a week, according to Fast Company magazine, which selected Blackwater as one of its top 50 innovative business leaders.
		Blackwater also has an aviation arm based in Florida, and now wants permission to build a 6,000-foot airstrip, a 2,550-foot airstrip, a 5,000-square-foot pilot building and a 20,000-square-foot hangar in Camden County, according to county records.
	www.infowars.com /articles/police_state/weapons/military_contractor_blackwater.html (233 words)

	MILITARY CONTRACTOR FAKED TESTS; MILLIONS WASTED
		A leading military contractor faked tests for a key component in the proposed $27 billion National Missile Defense (NMD) system, according to a former senior engineer for the company.
		Nira Schwartz worked for TRW, a military contractor, helping design a computer program enabling missile interceptors to distinguish between incoming warheads and decoys.
		If it succeeds in hitting the target, the U.S. military will meet its own minimum standard and conclude a missile-defense system is technologically feasible.
	taxpayer.net /TCS/wastebasket/nationalsecurity/2000-03-14fakedtest.htm (416 words)

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