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Question: Were the defense contractors involved in the "training" of Afghan troops and (Original Post) cornball 24 Aug 2021 OP
Why not? Every aspect of the military has been privatized stillcool Aug 2021 #1
Wow! Thanks so much. cornball 24 Aug 2021 #2
if you're interested, here's a list from Sourcewatch stillcool Aug 2021 #4
Thank you again. Never realized there were so many. cornball 24 Aug 2021 #5
Yes. Socal31 Aug 2021 #3

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
1. Why not? Every aspect of the military has been privatized
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 12:04 PM
Aug 2021

to some degree. A Quick google hit came up with this one, but there are tons of private military corporations all over the globe
https://chameleonassociates.com/hosted-training-courses/military-training/

Chameleon Provides Specialized Military Training To Help Units With Their Mission At Home And Abroad
For example, Chameleon provides U.S. Army Stryker Brigades with Predictive Profiling Courses as part of their Language Enabled Soldier (LES) Program. Counterintelligence, special forces, security and field units have been turning to Chameleon for its exceptional curricula and the subject matter expertise of its trainers.

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Chameleon trainers have unique field experience, and cultural and linguistic knowledge which includes:

HUMINT source operation in a Middle Eastern environment.
Security Questioning experience for road blocks, border crossings, open environments, and more.
Experience in interrogation and intelligence-driven questioning.
Fluency in both formal (al-FuSHaa) and colloquial (aammiyya) Arabic.
Experience in counter-intelligence operations.
Personnel screening.
Experience in enemy simulation and red teaming.
Tactical military operations in an urban Middle Eastern environment.
Predictive Profiling expertise.

Socal31

(2,484 posts)
3. Yes.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 12:21 PM
Aug 2021

The quality of training is not really in question. But the lies from the administration-spanning .mil Officers definitely are.

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