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A Triple Canopy contractor during a marksmanship class on the RPK machine gun for U.S. Army soldiers. Triple Canopy was incorporated in Chicago [2] but maintained its headquarters in Reston, Virginia. [3] It provides security services on a contract basis, most notably to clandestine government agencies.
September 1, 2009 – American, Adam Hermanson, was electrocuted in Baghdad. He was working for Triple Canopy as a PMC. September 13, 2009 – American, Lucas "Trent" Vinson, was killed by a U.S. soldier at Contingency Operating Base Speicher in Tikrit. He was working for Kellogg, Brown & Root as a private contractor. [95]
Under this contract, the State Department awarded Blackwater, along with Triple Canopy and DynCorp, a contract for diplomatic security in Iraq. Under this contract, Blackwater was authorized to have 1,020 staff in Iraq. [25] Blackwater's responsibilities included the United States embassy in Iraq. [28]
Name HQ Portfolio Notes Aegis Defence Services: London: Iraq, Afghanistan, and others: Contracted by the U.S. department of Defense during the most recent War in Iraq. Aegis Defence Services Ltd was acquired by GardaWorld International Protective Services.
Defion Internacional recruits, vets and trains (when needed) personnel on a global level for different companies. Defion Internacional came on the personnel services scene by recruiting and training security guards for Triple Canopy contracts, involving the war in Iraq.
The attackers were killed or captured during a four-hour firefight with US Marines, defence contractors from Triple Canopy, and No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment, along with overhead helicopter fire support within Camp Bastion's perimeter fence given directly by British Apache AH1s from the UK's Joint Aviation Group, USMC AH-1W SuperCobras and ...
Lord's Resistance Army [38] Ukraine: RPK-74 and RPK, also used by separatists. [39] United States: Used during the Iraq War. [40] A Triple Canopy contractor gives a marksmanship class on the Zastava M-72 machine gun to two US Army soldiers. Uzbekistan [18] Vietnam [41] Yemen [18] Zimbabwe [18]
A memo dated October 1, 2007, from the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform detailed the incident that led to the death of the Raheem Khalif: [3] “On December 24, 2006, a 26-year-old Blackwater security contractor shot and killed a 32-year-old security guard to Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd-al-Mahdi during a confrontation in the ‘Little Venice’ area of the ...