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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Industry Talk: FBO Solicitations–The Air Force Wants Afghan Security Guards For 17 Locations!

Filed under: Afghanistan,Industry Talk — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 9:40 AM

     Now this is something else.  Look at all these solicitations for guards for all of these FOBs?  No wonder ISAF and NATO was pushing Karzai to reconsider banning PSCs. lol –Matt

***ONLY CONTRACTORS THAT HOLD A CURRENT AFGHANISTAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PERSONAL SECURITY LICENSE AND ARE LICENSED / REGISTERED WITH THE AFGHANISTAN MINISTRY OF TRADE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD, OFFERORS WHO DO NOT POSSESS THESE QUALIFICATIONS ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKED TO NOT RESPOND TO THIS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL***

Afghan Security Guards, FB Price

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R — Professional, administrative, and management support services

Department of the Air Force

Air Mobility Command

19th Contracting Squadron Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Modified) Jan 03, 2011

Afghan Security Guards, FB Lane

H92237-11-R-0635

R — Professional, administrative, and management support services

Department of the Air Force

Air Mobility Command

19th Contracting Squadron Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Modified) Jan 03, 2011

Afghan Security Guards, CP Mazar-E-Sharif

H92237-11-R-0608

R — Professional, administrative, and management support services

Department of the Air Force

Air Mobility Command

19th Contracting Squadron Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Modified) Jan 03, 2011

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Legal News: Robert Langdon Escapes Death Sentence After Paying Afghan Family

Filed under: Afghanistan,Legal News — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 8:21 AM

     Thanks to Elena for forwarding me this news about Robert.  This article describes briefly what the ‘ibra’ is, and it is an interesting concept.

     As for Robert, the only thing I have to add is that I hope he survives imprisonment for the next 20 years in Pol-e-Charki prison. –Matt

Australian escapes death sentence after paying Afghan family

Ex-soldier has sentence commuted to 20 years in jail after paying relatives of murdered guard $100,000

By Jon Boone

Wednesday 5 January 2011

An Australian private security guard who murdered an Afghan worker has escaped the death sentence by paying the family of his victim $100,000 (£65,000), court documents reveal.

The former Australian soldier was handed the death sentence last January after a Kabul court found him guilty of shooting an Afghan colleague before making a crude attempt to make the crime look like a Taliban attack.

But it emerged this week that Robert William Langdon persuaded two supreme court judges that he should be allowed to live after the family of the dead man, who was known as Karimullah, accepted a large compensation payment raised by Langdon’s relatives in Australia.

However, the payment, known in sharia law as ibra, was not enough to commute the whole sentence, so Langdon will face 20 years in Kabul’s notorious Pol-e-Charki prison, home to Taliban and al-Qaida inmates as well as criminals. The jail term is thought to be the longest given to a westerner in Afghanistan since the toppling of the Taliban regime in 2001.

At the time of the killing in May 2009, Langdon was working for Four Horsemen International, a private firm which works with the US military and specialises in protecting military supply convoys.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Publications: Journal Of International Peace Operations, January-February 2011

Filed under: Afghanistan,Industry Talk,Iraq,Publications — Tags: , , , , , , — Matt @ 8:35 AM

Open publication – Free publishing

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Cool Stuff: DynCorp Employee James Boyd Honored For Heroic Efforts In Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan,Cool Stuff,Industry Talk,War Art — Tags: , , , , , , — Matt @ 9:19 AM

     James’s portrait is not up yet on this website, but when it does come up I will put the word out.  If you follow the link below for the ‘100 Faces of War Experience’, you will see what these portraits are all about.  To have a DynCorp guy being represented on this website is really cool and an honor for the company and this industry.  –Matt

DynCorp Employee Honored for Heroic Efforts in Afghanistan

By John Adams

December 29, 2010

DynCorp International police trainer James Boyd will be recognized in the “100 Faces of War Experience” portrait in honor of his actions during an insurgent attack on his outpost in Afghanistan earlier this year.

While embedded with the U.S. military, Boyd’s outpost came under fire from a group of insurgents. Boyd repeatedly braved bullets and bombs, scrambling back-and-forth across the compound  to get medical bags and stretchers, lend aid and supported the team working to keep the enemy from breaching the compound wall.

According to the firm, “Boyd has supported efforts to train the Afghan border police under DI’s contract with the Department of State’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) since Nov. 2009.”

“The civilian police mentors and trainers that we have working in Afghanistan and around the world exhibit quiet acts of heroism every day,” said Don Ryder, DI vice president of the company’s training, mentoring and security programs. “James’ dedication to the mission and to helping others is a great example of the selfless contributions being made by those deployed overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is fitting that he will be honored in this exhibit.”

“A lot of people have asked about my efforts that day,” Boyd said. “I’m a trained police officer and when something like this happens, while most people react by running away from danger, we are trained to run toward it and see how we can help. That is what I did.”

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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Legal News: Senate Passes Key Defense Policy Bill Filled With Contractor Oversight Mechanisms

Filed under: Afghanistan,Industry Talk,Legal News — Tags: , , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 10:16 AM

     The key thing here is that this bill was passed just in time to deal with DynCorp’s billion dollar contract.  Which is great.  I would certainly hope that the government would actually care about how this money is spent and that they get their money’s worth.  Although my view on the thing is that actions speak louder than words, and I will believe it when I see some actual adult supervision on this stuff.

     I really liked the last provision listed which “prohibits small arms contracts from being awarded on a sole source basis and require those contracts be awarded based on full and open competition in order to get the best weapons for our troops in combat.” Wow, that is cool! Hopefully this will open up things a little to all companies out there, and contribute to a truly innovative and vibrant competition that would result in getting the best possible weapons into the hands of the troops. –Matt

Senate Passes Key Defense Policy Bill with McCaskill Provisions

December 22, 2010

Senator’s provisions will improve healthcare and benefits for military, increase contracting oversight, and address F/A-18 shortfall.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill applauded the passage of a major defense policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2011, which was passed unanimously by the Senate this morning. The NDAA outlines funding levels for the Department of Defense (DoD) for the coming fiscal year and addresses major defense policy matters. When the bill passed the Senate Armed Services Committee, McCaskill, who serves as a member of the committee, was able to win inclusion of several important amendments in the bill that will help improve access to healthcare for the military and improve oversight of DoD contractors. Despite fairly significant changes to the bill before final passage, many of her measures were included in the final bill.

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