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U.S. Army Seeking Private Contractors to Work as Security Guards at Forward Operating Bases in Seven Afghan Provinces

 

Published 12/8/2008 by Walter Pincus at Wash Post Federal Page

The U.S. Army is looking to private contractors to provide armed security guards to protect Forward Operating Bases in seven provinces in southern Afghanistan. In a recent study, Anthony H. Cordesman, an intelligence expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, described five of... (link)

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