Will the Numbers Begin to tell the Tale?
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 18, 2009 There has been a recent “surge” in the number of contractors filing DBA claims. Just wondering what everyone thinks about this. Iraq: Key Figures since...
View ArticleRemember Them Too
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 25, 2009 Don’t Contractors Count When We Calculate the Costs of War? An Arlington National Cemetery caisson carries the body of retired Air Force Col. Michael W....
View ArticleDefense Base Act Case Summary Reports (Death and Injury Reports)
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on June 12, 2009 (Note: We are finding huge errors and ommissions in this report which we will soon break down for you but for now just keep that in mind. Please report...
View ArticleFathers Day Tribute to Our Fallen Contractors
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on June 21, 2009 We couldn’t help but to think of our Contractor families who are without their Fathers today. We have only one tribute up so far, albeit one close to our...
View ArticleHonoring the Veterans of the Disposable Army
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on November 11, 2009 by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica – November 11, 2009 4:14 pm EST Today we honor the veterans who have served in the country’s armed forces. Nobody...
View ArticleCivilian Contractor Casualty Count
WE ARE THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF THE WARS Our Fallen Contractors Memorial 3,258 Civilian Contractor Deaths since September 2001 89,182 Civilian Contractors Injured since September 2001 At Least 300...
View ArticleFormer Navy SEAL, Contractor, Killed Thurs in CIA Khost Bombing
Former Navy SEAL, Contractor, Killed Thurs in CIA bombing Posted by defensebaseactcomp on January 1, 2010 Army Times January 16, 2012 A soldier based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., died Jan. 15 at...
View ArticleTaliban Kill Three US Soldiers/Frontier Corps USAID Contractors in Pakistan...
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on February 3, 2010 Update:G.I.s Slain in Pakistan: Psyop Sergeant, Two Nation-Builders A psychological operations sergeant and two military nation-builders have been...
View ArticleDead and Injured Contractors not Included in Pentagons’ Casualty Lists
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on February 22, 2010 Contractors and other regulars here will have already read these stories and reports but this is a nice compilation that deserves another posting Noel...
View ArticleMaking Peace with his war experience
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 17, 2010 Pentagon honor helps civilian wounded in Iraq find closure VERMILLION – Long after the chaos, after the tearing flesh, the searing pain, the agonizing...
View ArticleJoshua Munn’s, Jon Cote’s, John Young’s families sue State Dept
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 24, 2010 Anderson man’s family sues over his torture death in Iraq “Basically, the mentality of the Secretary of State seems to be that if the United States...
View ArticleUS Troop Deaths Double in Afghanistan
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on March 28, 2010 We’ll get the numbers of DBA claims filed on contractors for the quarter ending this week but expect a rise in Contractor Casualties as well. KABUL – The...
View ArticleContractor Deaths Accelerating in Afghanistan as They Outnumber Soldiers
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 14, 2010 by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica - April 14, 2010 A recent Congressional Research Service analysis [1] obtained by ProPublica looked at the number of...
View ArticleThe Department of Labor and the Supreme Group: A Cover Up ?
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on July 16, 2012 Within a day of the original posting the DOL had put a “reputation management” firm on us. As of two days ago it appears they are back at work. The...
View ArticleUS military jury clears SEAL in Iraq abuse case
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 22, 2010 BAGHDAD — A U.S. military jury cleared a Navy SEAL Thursday of failing to prevent the beating of an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding a 2004...
View ArticleOverseas Press Club Awards for international journalism
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 22, 2010 ProPublica, with reporters T. Christian Miller, Doug Smith and Pratap Chatterjee, won the award for Web coverage of international affairs for “Disposable...
View ArticleAfghanistan becomes more dangerous for contractors
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 22, 2010 By Matt Kelley USA Today WASHINGTON — U.S. government contractor deaths in Afghanistan more than doubled last year as violence and American troop...
View ArticleT Christian Miller Wins Special Recognition ICIJ Daniel Pearl Awards
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on April 26, 2010 ICIJ Names Winners of 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards WASHINGTON, D.C. — A gutsy, collaborative series by four European news outlets about toxic waste dumping in...
View ArticleThe Unknown Casualties
Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 30, 2010 By David Isenberg at Huffington Post At the risk of belaboring the obvious we should remember that being a private military or security contractor can be a...
View ArticleOur Fallen Contractors
Our Fallen Contractors Posted by defensebaseactcomp on May 31, 2010 An Arlington National Cemetery caisson carries the body of retired Air Force Col. Michael W. Butler, who was killed while working as...
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