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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion: Were the defense contractors involved in the "training" of Afghan troops and
if so, in what aspect?
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Question: Were the defense contractors involved in the "training" of Afghan troops and (Original Post)
cornball 24
Aug 2021
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stillcool
(32,632 posts)1. Why not? Every aspect of the military has been privatized
to some degree. A Quick google hit came up with this one, but there are tons of private military corporations all over the globe
https://chameleonassociates.com/hosted-training-courses/military-training/
Chameleon Provides Specialized Military Training To Help Units With Their Mission At Home And Abroad
For example, Chameleon provides U.S. Army Stryker Brigades with Predictive Profiling Courses as part of their Language Enabled Soldier (LES) Program. Counterintelligence, special forces, security and field units have been turning to Chameleon for its exceptional curricula and the subject matter expertise of its trainers.
military_training
Chameleon trainers have unique field experience, and cultural and linguistic knowledge which includes:
HUMINT source operation in a Middle Eastern environment.
Security Questioning experience for road blocks, border crossings, open environments, and more.
Experience in interrogation and intelligence-driven questioning.
Fluency in both formal (al-FuSHaa) and colloquial (aammiyya) Arabic.
Experience in counter-intelligence operations.
Personnel screening.
Experience in enemy simulation and red teaming.
Tactical military operations in an urban Middle Eastern environment.
Predictive Profiling expertise.
For example, Chameleon provides U.S. Army Stryker Brigades with Predictive Profiling Courses as part of their Language Enabled Soldier (LES) Program. Counterintelligence, special forces, security and field units have been turning to Chameleon for its exceptional curricula and the subject matter expertise of its trainers.
military_training
Chameleon trainers have unique field experience, and cultural and linguistic knowledge which includes:
HUMINT source operation in a Middle Eastern environment.
Security Questioning experience for road blocks, border crossings, open environments, and more.
Experience in interrogation and intelligence-driven questioning.
Fluency in both formal (al-FuSHaa) and colloquial (aammiyya) Arabic.
Experience in counter-intelligence operations.
Personnel screening.
Experience in enemy simulation and red teaming.
Tactical military operations in an urban Middle Eastern environment.
Predictive Profiling expertise.
cornball 24
(1,504 posts)2. Wow! Thanks so much.
stillcool
(32,632 posts)4. if you're interested, here's a list from Sourcewatch
from 2012. It's kind of like a Pandora's box.
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Private_Military_Corporations/list_of_PMCs
cornball 24
(1,504 posts)5. Thank you again. Never realized there were so many.
Socal31
(2,490 posts)3. Yes.
The quality of training is not really in question. But the lies from the administration-spanning .mil Officers definitely are.