Oct 9, 2019
In this final episode of Force for Hire, we examine some key
issues about the private military contracting world that we
uncovered.
The cost effectiveness of contracting kept coming up as one of the
major questions during the season, and experts had widely differing
answers.
We found that the broad use of...
Oct 2, 2019
In this penultimate episode of Force for Hire, we welcome on air Neryl Joyce, an Australian servicemember who turned to contracting when she wasn’t allowed to deploy with her fellow soldiers.
She soon found out that what kept her from deploying with the Australian military was one of her greatest assets in the...
Sep 18, 2019
Thanks to high-profile cybersecurity operations — the recent
U.S. cyberattack against Iran and Russia’s 2016 attack on Ukraine’s
power grid, for example — the public is much more aware of the
digital threats that the U.S. faces.
While the public lags behind in understanding these threats, the
U.S. has for years...
Sep 11, 2019
Attorney Kimberley Motley has spent years fighting for justice
in a country where most women are still fighting for basic human
rights.
As the first foreigner to litigate cases in Afghanistan’s criminal
courts, Motley faces judges whose concept of “not guilty” is often
as foreign as the “perahan tunban” is to...
Sep 4, 2019
Military contractors in Iraq have had to deal with a near constant threat of violence, corrupt politicians and untrusting locals who often saw them as an invading force. South African national Johann Raath had to deal with all of that during his many years working security in the Middle East.
But when the Islamic State...