Thursday, October 29, 2009
Film: Chalk Up Another Crappy Iraq War Movie–‘Green Zone’
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Iraq: Twin Suicide Car Bombs in Baghdad Kill Over 130
Monday, October 19, 2009
Job Tips: Cochise Consultancy is Not Hiring Right Now
The latest rumor floating around is that Cochise Consultancy is looking for guys. Let me put that rumor to rest and say that they are not hiring. I know a Cochise job is flying on Secure Aspects job board or every once in awhile you see it floating around on the forums, but trust me, they are not looking for people.
On the Cochise website, they have a career section with a job ad that has not been changed or deleted in a long time. That is the source of confusion. So pass it around, and put this rumor to rest guys.
As to my sources? Let’s just say a few of my readers know what’s what out there. Take care, and good luck on the job hunt. –Matt
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Website for Cochise Consultancy here.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Film: Security Contractors Depicted in Television Show ‘Occupation’
Check it out and let me know what you guys think? I have yet to see the show, and I really don’t know how we will be depicted in this thing. I tend to not have much faith in today’s film industries out there, when it comes to presenting this industry in film. But you never know, and I will wait and see….-Matt
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Television Review | ‘Occupation’
Knocked Around by the Winds of War
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
October 16, 2009
War movies focus on friendship because it’s the one steadfast reward of combat and perhaps the only consolation.
“Occupation,” a British look at the Iraq war on BBC America on Sunday, is one of the best television depictions yet of that conflict, and it isn’t even a straightforward war story. Nor, despite its title, is it exactly a tale of foreign occupation, though “Occupation” does take a long, disturbing look at the chaos, corruption and mayhem that choked the American-led reconstruction effort.
Mostly the film follows three British soldiers who fought together in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and then, for three entirely different reasons, keep returning there over the course of several years. And in that time soldiers, contractors, engineers, doctors and government officials — and billions of dollars in vacuum-sealed packs — are pinned down by an insurgency their leaders failed to anticipate.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Military News: U.S. Troop Funds Diverted to Pet Projects
Thanks to Doug for passing on this story. If this doesn’t make your blood boil, I don’t know what would. –Matt
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U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects
October 15, 2009
Shaun Waterman THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.
Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.
While earmarks are hardly new in Washington, “in 30 years on Capitol Hill, I never saw Congress mangle the defense budget as badly as this year,” said Winslow Wheeler, a former Senate staffer who worked on defense funding and oversight for both Republicans and Democrats. He is now a senior fellow at the Center for Defense Information, an independent research organization.
Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, called the transfer of funds from Pentagon operations and maintenance “a disgrace.”
“The Senate is putting favorable headlines back home above our men and women fighting on the front lines,” he said in a statement.