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Monday, September 22, 2008

Jobs: Security Detail, Maryland

Filed under: Executive Protection,Jobs,Maryland — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 11:09 AM

   Thanks to Jeff for sending me this.  It is short term, but still work.  -Head Jundi 

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I have a requirement for 28 unarmed CLEARED plain clothes security detail in Maryland just inside the beltway  for a three day classified conference for a government agency. 

Pay is at a daily rate of $25 a hour for the three days, I expect we will be finished by 13:00 on Thursday, but I will be paying for all three days. I am not going to pay to fly guys in so I am looking for local or travel on your won dime. 

The requirement is for plain clothes access control to a government sponsored classified conference here in the National Command Region .  The dates 30Th Sept to 02Th October, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 08:00 to 17:00, and Thursday 08:00 to 13:00 hours. I will have a requirement for one post 24/7 for all three days as well. The times are approximate. 

 Attire is conservative professional business dress (suit and tie) such as one would expect for a government PSD detail.  Requirement of assignment is a verifiable SECRET Clearance with unarmed officers. Law enforcement officers who are required to carry off duty will be allowed to however.

To contact me, e-mail to this address or call the land line numbers below. My cell is last option as I am on the cell often and will not get your call.  You can call the office 9-5 Monday through Friday and leave a message.  I will forward you the documents you need to fill out for processing of your clearance and payroll. This assignment is a 1099 Independent Contracts position. You will be paid the full amount with no withholdings.

VR

James Mattes

Director Special Operations Branch

Metropolitan Protective Service, Inc

Phone: 301-772-8278, 772-3097, 772-2412

Cell: 301-442-2476

E Mail: mattesmps@yahoo.com

Sunday, September 21, 2008

News: Mufsid Strikes in Pakistan- DOD Employees Killed

Filed under: News,Pakistan — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 11:54 AM

     A couple of things with this one.  I guess the street was only 30ft from the hotel itself, so this kind of attack was all dependent on the size of bomb.  And boy what a bomb.  It left a 24 ft deep, 59 ft wide crater!  That is big, and it looks like they packed the vehicle with all types of explosive and munitions–mines, artillery shells, RDX, mortars, etc.  The most interesting component of the bomb was the aluminum powder.  This was to add more of an incendiary effect, and torch the hotel.  And the succeeded.  

     If you watch this video, you will see that there was a minor explosion that took place  in the truck bomb, before the main explosive blew up.  It looks like the guards reacted to this more as an accident, and the resulting fire was treated as just some result of an accident.  Basically, draw in the emergency personnel, then detonate. Or it could be a screw up of the terrorists, but I kind of doubt it. No word on who the DOD employees belonged to, and my heart goes out to the families and friends during their time of loss.  –Head Jundi

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 Video of Truck Bomb

 

DOD employees killed in Pakistan blast

September 21, 2008 13:46 EDT

 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A U.S. Embassy spokesman in Pakistan says two Defense Department employees are among at least 53 people killed in the truck bombing at the Islamabad Marriott hotel yesterday.

He says a third American, a contractor for the State Department, is unaccounted for.

Three U.S. Embassy employees and an embassy contractor were injured.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but officials and experts say the scale of the blast and its high-profile target are the hallmarks of media-savvy al-Qaida.

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Tactical Thought Process: ‘A Message to Garcia’ and Accomplishing the Mission

Filed under: History,Tactical Thought Process — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 11:10 AM

     I want to thank Scott for sending me this.  I was never aware of this story, even though I was in the Marines and an NCO.  So this was a treat to get this in the mail the other day and read it.  In summary, it is a celebration of the man with the resolve to accomplish the mission–the soldier or grunt with the ‘can do’ attitude. 

     The other thing I want to mention is that good healthy dissent within a group is important in order for organizations to evolve and learn and be successful.  So I do not agree with companies using this type of story as a means to shut up their employees or something like that.  

     If anything, this story is about giving your people a mission and the freedom to accomplish that mission anyway they can.  Rowan was not told the how, he was just told to do, and he did.  

     This story is a celebration of accomplishing the mission, and doing what it takes to get it done.  It is also a celebration of the soldier or grunt who presses forward through thick and thin, using ingenuity and resolve to finish the job.  And like what was mentioned before in Boykin’s book called ‘Never Surrender’–resolve is a highly desired trait in a special forces soldier. Good stuff. –Head Jundi

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Rowan

The American officer that Hubbard referred to was Andrew Summers Rowan, a West Point graduate of 1881. 

1899

A Message to Garcia

By Elbert Hubbard

 

In all this Cuban business there is one man stands out on the horizon of my memory like Mars at perihelion. When war broke out between Spain & the United States, it was very necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the Insurgents. Garcia was somewhere in the mountain vastness of Cuba- no one knew where. No mail nor telegraph message could reach him. The President must secure his cooperation, and quickly.

What to do!

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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Technology: Feral Jundi has a Facebook and Linkedin Page

Filed under: Technology — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 2:48 PM

     Now I have added a Facebook and LInkedin page for Feral Jundi.  I think that is about all I will do.  Oh, and on the Facebook page, I made a Feral Jundi application for the blog.  It is pretty cool, and anyone can download it on their Facebook page if they want.

     Oh, and I also added those to the button list to the right of this post.  Just click on any of those buttons, and it will take you right to a Feral Jundi page.  –Head Jundi

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Technology: Task Force ODIN Goes to Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan,Technology — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 1:10 PM

     This is great news.  Task Force ODIN was amazingly successful in Iraq (2400 bombers killed, 141 captured), and I hope to see good things with Task Force ODIN-A in Afghanistan. –Head Jundi

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Task Force ODIN

 

Danger Room Article in Wired about Task Force ODIN 

 

Wikipedia for Task Force ODIN

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U.S. to Expand Drone Use, Other Surveillance in Afghanistan

By YOCHI J. DREAZEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

 

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is preparing to deploy a network of drones and other surveillance aircraft to Afghanistan in an expanding effort to defeat the resurgent Taliban and reverse a downward spiral in the country.

The effort, known as Task Force ODIN-A, is set to begin early next year and will coincide with the planned deployments of thousands of American troop reinforcements to Afghanistan, senior U.S. military officials said.

The officials said drones — remotely piloted aircraft — and manned surveillance aircraft will be deployed to identify insurgent targets inside Afghanistan, including on the Afghan side of the border with Pakistan. The military will use the information to launch airstrikes and ground attacks on militants.

The Army has used drones and piloted planes, including a modified version of the C-12 similar to this one, for reconnaissance in Iraq.

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