Aegis BMD (FTM-11) Stellar Hunters Quick Release
Lieutenant General Henry “Trey” Obering, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, announced the successful completion today of the latest Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense “hit to kill” intercept flight test. Conducted jointly with the US Navy, the test involved the simultaneous engagements of a ballistic missile “unitary” target (meaning that the target warhead and booster remain attached) [...]
Book Review: Militarist Millionaire Peacenik – Memoir of a Serial Entrepreneur by Alan F. Kay
I like biographies, oh, not those ghost written glossy ones featuring this weeks favorite pop star, or yesterday’s political want to be. I like biographies by real people who have a real story. For good or bad, I like real stories about real people. They don’t have to be captains of industry, or Nobel science [...]
Iraq’s For-Profit Security Forces – Steve Fainaru
Complete video at: fora.tv Steve Fainaru, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, discusses the wide scope of power and absence of legal accountability enjoyed by private security forces in Iraq. —– On the margins of the Iraq war, a parallel army of 100000 has been doing the jobs unable to be tackled by [...]
What’s the best way to get an engineering job with the military or a military contractor in Italy?
I am currently working for a US military contractor in the states and would like to move to Italy for a few years. I see that the US military has several bases (Navy in Naples, Air Force in Aviano, etc.). What is the best way to land an engineering (or related) job in Italy for [...]
Anti-Social Program Republicans: How about we cut all 100% of social spending and start a flat 15% income tax?
It’s been said time and time again that higher taxes only stops people from spending locally and in a bottom up mentality staggers the governments stream of income. Now with that said it is IMPOSSIBLE for today’s American Government to bring taxes down to a reasonable level…Why? Social Programs and Military/defense programs (nation building). With [...]
Conversations With History – General John Abizaid
The Military in the Post 9/11 World General John Philip Abizaid,US Army,(ret.), Commander of the US Central Command (2003-2007) Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes General John Abizaid for a discussion of the role of the military in the 21st century. Drawing on his experience as commander of the US Central Command, he discusses the problems [...]
Approximately what percentage of defense-related jobs were done by private contractors in 2000? What was th?
1. Approximately what percentage of defense-related jobs were done by private contractors in 2000? What was the figure for 1972?
2. What are the three largest military contractors?
3. Why is the lack of competition in the awarding of most military contracts troubling?
4. How do private military contractors influence the political process?
Accountability of Private Security Contractors
Richard Goldstone, former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, and Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Gary Solis, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center W. Hays Parks, Senior Associate Deputy General Counsel, International Affairs, US Department of Defense Doug Brooks, President, International Peace Operations Association Jim Bond, Senior Counsel for Foreign and International Law, DynCorp [...]
New Modes of Accountability for Private Military Companies 3
Panelists Patrick Keefe and Doug Brooks discuss the lack of enforcement and prosecution of private military companies with existing modes of accountability. For transcripts and additional video please visit: www.tcf.org —– The recent controversy surrounding the activities of the American military contractor Blackwater have added urgency to discussions of the role of private military contractors [...]
blackwater military contractor wrestling and playing…
blackwater military contractor wrestling and playing…