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Name HQ Portfolio Notes AirScan: Titusville, FL: US Department of Defense, United States Air Force, and a number of private companies: Academi: McLean, VA: Consulting. Formerly known as Blackwater and Xe and it is part of the Constellis Group.
Private military companies carry out many missions and jobs. Some examples have included military aviation repair in East Africa, [2] close protection for Afghan President Hamid Karzai and piloting reconnaissance airplanes and helicopters as a part of Plan Colombia. [3] [4] According to a 2003 study, the industry was then earning over $100 ...
Militias with a statewide presence [A]; Name State Ref. Arizona Border Recon [B]: Arizona [9] [10] [11]Arizona Liberty Guard Arizona [12]Arizona State Militia Arizona [13]Southern Arizona Militia
There he created his private training facility and his contracting company, Blackwater, which he named for the peat-colored water of the swamp. [ 15 ] The Blackwater Lodge and Training Center officially opened on May 15, 1998, with a 6,000-acre (2,400 ha), $6.5 million facility headed by Robert Anderson. [ 14 ]
[4] 225 of those killed were private military contractors (PMCs). The U.S. Department of Labor confirmed that by the end of March 2009, 917 civilian contractors were killed in Iraq, of which 224 (23 percent) were U.S. citizens. This number was updated to 1,537, by the end of March 2011, with an estimated 354 of these being U.S. citizens.
Florida rank U.S. rank Metropolitan area Population (2023 est.) 1 9 Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach: 6,183,199 2 17 Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater: 3,342,963 3 21 Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford: 2,817,933 4 38 Jacksonville: 1,713,240 5 63 North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota: 910,108 6 72 Cape Coral–Fort Myers: 834,573 7 75 ...
Current community newspapers in Washington, D.C. Title Year est. Frequency, owner Area References DC Line: 2018 [14] D.C. North: Northeast Washington [13] East of the River: Daily online, Monthly in Print, Capital Community News Anacostia [11] [13] The Georgetown Dish: 2009 Georgetown [15] Hill Rag: 1976 Monthly print, online daily; Capital ...
Truxton Circle – now defunct, existing only as the name of a neighborhood; formerly the intersection of Florida Avenue, North Capitol Street, Q Street NW, and Q Street NE; this circle lay on the border of Northwest and Northeast Washington.