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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Jobs: Security Officer, Saudi Arabia

Filed under: Jobs,Saudi Arabia — Tags: Jobs, military training, private military companies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, security contractor, security officer, Vinnell Arabia — Matt @ 3:13 PM

I just stumbled upon this one at their career page, and I thought this would be a good one for guys that are looking for something a little more chilled out than the war zone work. Plus it is still overseas work, and will count for your Foreign Earned Income taxes. That is if you are trying to stay overseas for the 330 days or not.

If you wanted to network with the rest of Vinnell Arabia’s folks for other positions, this might be a good way to do that to. The facility is probably state of the art as well, considering how long this contract has been around, and the amount of money Saudi Arabia has spent on this.

I am not the POC or recruiter for this, and just follow the links provided in order to apply. I am not an employee either, so there is no chance for me to take part in the referral program. This is me just passing the info around. If anyone has information about this gig, feel free to talk in the comments section. Good luck. –Matt

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Title: Security Officer

Category: MILITARY TRAINING

Location: RIYADH / SAUDI ARABIA

Sector: TECHNICAL SERVICES

Posting ID: 348/1034-003

Description:Ensures that all passive and active measures are functioning properly and are providing the appropriate level of protection to the ROC compound. Ensures that all personnel security assets are performing up to standard and that their efforts are completely integrated. Maintains continuous communication with the ROC Security Operation Center (SOC) and all operational security elements at the ROC compound. Provides and receives security reports. Ensures vendors, vehicles and visitors are screened properly to allow access to the compound if authorized.

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Sunday, July 5, 2009

Maritime Security: All-Arab Red Sea Anti-piracy Force Proposed in Riyadh

Filed under: Maritime Security,Saudi Arabia — Tags: anti-piracy, Maritime Security, piracy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Matt @ 9:07 PM

Interesting. I have no clue about the possible contracting opportunities associated with this, but I am sure we will see some training type gigs if anything. Maybe Vinnell Arabia type programs will pop up for this stuff?-Matt

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All-Arab Red Sea anti-piracy force proposed in Riyadh

By Paul Handley

June 30, 2009

RIYADH (AFP) — Arab states of the Gulf and Red Sea said on Monday that they are planning a joint anti-piracy force, insisting defence of the crucial Red Sea waterway was the “primary responsibility” of littoral states.

Saying it was necessary to prevent the spread of piracy to the Red Sea or the Gulf, 11 regional states agreed to set up an all-Arab Navy Task Force, to be led at the outset by the Saudis, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

The delegates to the conference in the Saudi capital stressed the “importance of the exclusion of the Red Sea from any international arrangements, especially the fight against sea piracy.”

Royal Saudi Navy commander Lieutenant General Prince Fahd bin Abdullah told journalists: “This subject is now under negotiation and we are hoping to reach an agreement to form this force.”

Joining the talks were representatives from Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Fahd said part of the effort would be to design ways of cooperating with the flotillas from some 20 foreign countries now patrolling sea lanes in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa to stop pirate attacks.

“One of the objectives of the meeting is to discuss joint Arab coordination with multinational forces operating in the region to combat piracy and to agree on the mechanisms of the Arab contribution” to these efforts, he said.

He said that the Gulf states were involved in the proposed task force because of the danger posed to their shipping, particularly vital oil and gas exports which pass via the Red Sea to the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean.

A joint statement said the Saudi navy will coordinate efforts by the other Arab naval commands on the Red Sea and Gulf for a period of one year and then review the results.

Another meeting on the issue will be scheduled in two months, it said.

More than 70 vessels, including a fully-laden Saudi oil supertanker, have been hijacked for ransom by Somali pirates in the past two years. Despite patrols by a raft of foreign navies, attacks are still frequently reported.

Saudi Arabia has said in recent months that it has stepped up its high-seas patrols for pirates.

The International Maritime Bureau has reported a handful of attempted pirate attacks, none successful, at the southern end of the Red Sea this year, mostly in the strategically important Bab al-Mandab strait linking to the Gulf of Aden.

The bureau recorded no attacks in the Red Sea last year.

But the Saudi push for an all-Arab naval task force could also be related to what diplomats say are Riyadh’s growing worries over the security not only of Red Sea shipping but also of its essential infrastructure in the area, including oil facilities, power generation and desalinisation plants.

Story here.

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