Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Video: NAF Conferance and Eric Prince of Blackwater Comments
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Industry Talk: NAF Report in the News
I wanted to post the first little bits of reaction towards the NAF Report. You can see how the report is starting to be used by the various media outlets. At least the Air Force Times article seemed to be more balanced and gave both sides of the issue. –Head Jundi
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Obama urged to review use of private firms in war
Reuters, Saturday November 15 2008
By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) – The Obama administration should move away from using private contractors in active battle areas in Iraq and Afghanistan and dramatically step up oversight, a Washington think tank urged on Friday.
The U.S. military has long used private contractors in fighting its wars, but Washington’s reliance on non-uniformed civilians has sharply increased over the past five years, the New America Foundation said in a new report.
It said the ratio of military personnel to private contractors is now around one to one, and some experts believed there are more contractors than troops in Iraq, compared to 50 to one during the 1991 Gulf War, according to the report. (more…)