Outsourcing Wars: Comparing Risk, Benefits and Motivation of Contractors and Military Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan (2009-2011)

Abstract

This project compared risk, insurance benefits, and motivation factors for contractors and U.S. Military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2009 to 2011. More contractors were killed than military personnel from January to June 2010 (Schooner & Swan, 2010). Findings revealed the following: (1) contractors' medical insurance benefits were equitable to the U.S. Military personnel, (2) real inequity existed between contractor disability compensation insurance and the military personnel's benefits, (3) and real inequity existed between a contractor's death benefits and the U.S. Military personnel's death benefits.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563459

Entities

People

  • Jimmie I. Wise

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Casualties
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Contractors
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Prosthetics
  • Therapy
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

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  • Economics
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense