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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Jobs: U.K./European Close Protection Specialists, Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan,Jobs — Tags: Afghanistan, close protection specialists, Jobs, unity resources group — Matt @ 5:23 AM

Get the word out on this one folks. Unity is trying to fill these positions quick, and the deadline for applications is December 21st. I am not the point of contact or recruiter for this job, and please follow the directions below on what they are looking for. Good luck and have a Merry Tactical Christmas. lol. –Matt

Edit: 12/21/2009- By the way, Hart Security won the EUPOL contract for Kabul, and I do not know for sure if URG is recruiting for Hart or if they thought they were going to win it. So just to be safe, I posted the ad for Hart in the comments as well.

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UK/ European Close Protection Specialists Wanted for Afghanistan (Team Leaders and Operators)

Unity are looking for a large number of CP specialists for an upcoming contract in Kabul. Candidates will be:

1. Qualified in a recognised CP course (essential).

2. Have experience in close protection roles (essential) with Afghan experience (highly desirable).

3. Be mature, highly disciplined, well groomed and capable of working with courtesy inside complex client groups (essential).

4. Hold an EU Passport (highly desirable).

5. Ready to work from the middle of January 2010 (essential).

6. Holding a current SIA license (desirable).

Potential candidates should note that Unity has very strict Code of Conduct and is an employer with the highest ethical standards. Unity is always rigid in its enforcement of standards and professionalism. You can expect to work alongside true like minded industry professionals and inside an exceptional operating culture.

We value our staff and our employment terms and conditions are best in industry. Pay will be in Euros and highly attractive. Rotations are expected to be 12/4 for most positions.

All applications (CVs only please) should be directed to:

recruiting @ unityresourcesgroup.com

No later than 21 December 2009. Any CVs not sent to this address can expect to be disregarded. Only successful candidates will be contacted and this should occur before 31 Dec 2009.

Website for Unity Resources Group here.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Legal News: Congress Investigating Charges of ‘Protection Racket’ by Afghanistan PSC’s

Filed under: Afghanistan,Legal News — Tags: Afghanistan, Anham, congress, convoys, Legal News, NCL Holdings, Sandi Group — Matt @ 8:46 AM

You know, I would first like to see the generals in charge of this war, step up and put a stop to this practice before Congress gets involved. It is a war after all, and you guys can say ‘hey, this practice stops now, because it directly impacts the war effort and the safety of the troops’. Generals can dismiss folks and end contracts too, and it shouldn’t take a Congressional investigation for that kind of common sense to prevail.

And I still think we could be using this to our advantage, and using the convoys as bait to draw in the enemy. If they want to attack convoys, then there should be a counter attack element associated with every convoy, so this practice becomes very hazardous for the enemy. –Matt

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Congress investigating charges of ‘protection racket’ by Afghanistan contractors

By Walter PincusThursday, December 17, 2009

A House oversight subcommittee said Wednesday that it has begun a wide-ranging investigation into allegations that private security companies hired to protect Defense Department convoys in Afghanistan are paying off warlords and the Taliban to ensure safe passage.

“If shown to be true, it would mean that the United States is unintentionally engaged in a vast protection racket and, as such, may be indirectly funding the very insurgents we are trying to fight,” said Rep. John F. Tierney (D-Mass.), chairman of the House oversight subcommittee on national security and foreign affairs.

Two weeks ago, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton described the same situation before a Senate committee while discussing the truck convoys that bring supplies into landlocked Afghanistan. “You offload a ship in Karachi [Pakistan]. And by the time whatever it is — you know, muffins for our soldiers’ breakfast or anti-IED equipment — gets to where we’re headed, it goes through a lot of hands,” she said. “And one of the major sources of funding for the Taliban is the protection money.”

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Industry Talk: Afghanistan Security Contractor Blog–‘Knights of Afghanistan’

Filed under: Afghanistan,Industry Talk,Media News — Tags: blogging, knights of afghanistan, private security companies, security contracting — Matt @ 6:03 AM

The other day I found something very rare in this industry–a blogger. There are not too many of us doing the blogging thing, so it is always a treat to find others who have a voice to share. So with that said, let me introduce to you Paladin Six.

Actually, his stuff reminds me a lot of what Tim Lynch is producing, and that is some ground truth about their little piece of the war effort. I am sure the milblogging community will find Paladin Six’s posts to be informative as well. I highly recommend putting this blog on your Google Reader to keep track of dispatches, and definitely don’t be a stranger when you visit Knights of Afghanistan. –Matt

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Paladin Six

Paladin Six, the author of Knights of Afghanistan.

About Me

Coming up on one year in Afghanistan, serving as Country Manager for a local (all Afghan) private security company. Although I have some limited military experience, I am not one of those ex-Special Forces guys who gets written up in Rolling Stone. This is a business, not a frat party, and we treat it as such.

Knights of Afghanistan

Introduction (first post)

March, 2009

And so I’m off to Afghanistan. At the suggestion of many of those who know me well, I have decided to create a blog covering my experiences working in the private security industry in Kabul. For personal and professional reasons, this will be an anonymous endeavor, a place to put observations, discoveries and random musings (along with the occasional bit of critical thinking and punditry). I intend to keep the tone light and the style accessible; no claim is made to speak for the broader PSC community or of a monopoly on wisdom (I leave that for actual conversation). With a little luck, this might even be mildly entertaining, at least for me.

I’m new to this blogging thing, so there are likely to be numerous mistakes of content and style in what follows. In the interest of keeping up to date, I will sometimes be posting without the benefit of a thorough review. I hope to reduce the incidence of idiocy as time goes on. I think you’ll find that I tend to be somewhat less than fully in compliance with tenents of political correctness. I assure you this is entirely intentional. Get over it.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Afghanistan: Up To 56,000 More Contractors Likely For Afghanistan, CRS Says

Filed under: Afghanistan,Iraq — Tags: Afghanistan, CRS, Iraq, logisitics, private military contractors, security contractors — Matt @ 8:24 AM

This is a continuation from yesterday’s post about the CRS report. You don’t hear this figure in all the crazy surge talk, but you sure do hear a lot about the troop surge or civilian surge. I guess we are not surge-worthy? lol

What I thought was interesting in the report, is that they don’t know how many security contractors there are in Afghanistan, but the report promises that this data will be in the next report. Hmmmm. Suspicious.

There used to be data for this. They have the numbers for Iraq at about 12,684 security contractors at this time. –Matt

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Up to 56,000 more contractors likely for Afghanistan, congressional agency says

By Walter PincusWednesday, December 16, 2009

The surge of 30,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan could be accompanied by a surge of up to 56,000 contractors, vastly expanding the presence of personnel from the U.S. private sector in a war zone, according to a study by the Congressional Research Service.

CRS, which provides background information to members of Congress on a bipartisan basis, said it expects an additional 26,000 to 56,000 contractors to be sent to Afghanistan. That would bring the number of contractors in the country to anywhere from 130,000 to 160,000.

The tally “could increase further if the new [administration] strategy includes a more robust construction and nation building effort,” according to the report, which was released Monday and first disclosed on the Web site Talking Points Memo.

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