Rebuilding Iraq: Actions Still Needed to Improve the Use of Private Security Providers

Abstract

Coordination between the U.S. military and private security providers still needs improvement. First, private security providers continue to enter the battle space without coordinating with the U.S. military, putting both the military and security providers at a greater risk for injury. Second, U.S. military units are not trained, prior to deployment, on the operating procedures of private security providers in Iraq and the role of the Reconstruction Operations Center, which is to coordinate military-provider interactions. While DOD agreed with our prior recommendation to establish a predeployment training program to help address the coordination issue, no action has been taken.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Jun 13, 2006
• Accession Number: AD1169446

Entities

People

• Carole Coffey
• Gary Delaney
• Grace Coleman
• Laura Czohara
• Timothy Dinapoli
• Vincent Balloon
• Wesley A. Johnson
• William Solis

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• United States Government Accountability Office

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• Medical or Health Care Field.
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• Strategic Security Studies

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