Contracting out Support Services in Future Expeditionary Operations: Learning from the Afghan Experience
As with the US led Coalition war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan has seen an unprecedented number of private contractors being utilised in support of military operations in the country. In the case of the United States government for example, over half of its personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq are co...
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| description | As with the US led Coalition war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan has seen an unprecedented number of private contractors being utilised in support of military operations in the country. In the case of the United States government for example, over half of its personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq are contract employees, while the same figure in the UK stands at 30 per cent and is set to increase in the coming years. This level of contractor involvement in the ‘War on Terror’ is not inconsequential. Indeed, their contribution to military operations is so large they are now able to influence NATO’s counter-insurgency operations and thus its overall strategy for fighting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Importantly, such involvement can be both beneficial and/or detrimental. This article first sets out to explore how NATO came to rely on so many contractors in Afghanistan and the risks this involves for the ‘War on Terror’. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23266c25ee4c42a3a17d532b437aad1b2022-12-21T18:46:02ZengUACESJournal of Contemporary European Research1815-347X2011-12-0174539560Contracting out Support Services in Future Expeditionary Operations: Learning from the Afghan ExperienceChristopher Kinsey0Mark Erbel1King's College LondonKing's College LondonAs with the US led Coalition war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan has seen an unprecedented number of private contractors being utilised in support of military operations in the country. In the case of the United States government for example, over half of its personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq are contract employees, while the same figure in the UK stands at 30 per cent and is set to increase in the coming years. This level of contractor involvement in the ‘War on Terror’ is not inconsequential. Indeed, their contribution to military operations is so large they are now able to influence NATO’s counter-insurgency operations and thus its overall strategy for fighting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Importantly, such involvement can be both beneficial and/or detrimental. This article first sets out to explore how NATO came to rely on so many contractors in Afghanistan and the risks this involves for the ‘War on Terror’.http://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/348/309Private contractorsAfghanistanWar on Terror |
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| title | Contracting out Support Services in Future Expeditionary Operations: Learning from the Afghan Experience |
| title_full | Contracting out Support Services in Future Expeditionary Operations: Learning from the Afghan Experience |
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| title_short | Contracting out Support Services in Future Expeditionary Operations: Learning from the Afghan Experience |
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| topic | Private contractors Afghanistan War on Terror |
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