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#Private-Military

Events indexed under #Private-Military — 16 entries in the record.

16 events From Aug 12, 1977 To Feb 1, 2019 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2019-02-01Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group Announces Xinjiang Training Facility Amid Uyghur Detention Campaign 4 src
Erik Prince · Frontier Services Group · CITIC Group
confirmed
2016-09-01Apollo Global Management Acquires Constellis Holdings (Blackwater Successor) for Approximately $1 Billion 3 src
Constellis Holdings · Apollo Global Management · Blackwater · Triple Canopy
confirmed
2014-07-01Academi (formerly Blackwater) Merges with Triple Canopy to Form Constellis Holdings, Third Corporate Rebranding 3 src
Triple Canopy · Constellis Holdings · Blackwater
confirmed
2014-01-01Erik Prince Founds Frontier Services Group with Chinese State Investment from CITIC, Controlled by Chang Zhenming 4 src
Erik Prince · CITIC Group · Frontier Services Group
confirmed
2011-12-12Erik Prince Sells Xe Services (formerly Blackwater), Rebranded as Academi with John Ashcroft on Board 3 src
Erik Prince · John Ashcroft
confirmed
2011-01-01Erik Prince Receives $529M Contract to Build Secret Mercenary Army for UAE Crown Prince 3 src
Erik Prince · United Arab Emirates
confirmed
2009-10-06Senate Passes Franken Amendment Banning Mandatory Arbitration for Sexual Assault Claims by Defense Contractors, 30 Republicans Vote to Protect Corporate Impunity 3 src
Al Franken · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · United States Senate · +1
confirmed
2009-02-13Blackwater Rebrands as Xe Services to Distance from Nisour Square Massacre and Iraq War Crimes 3 src
Erik Prince · Blackwater
confirmed
2008-01-02KBR's Faulty Electrical Work Kills Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, Part of Systematic Negligence Causing 18 Electrocution Deaths in Iraq with No Criminal Charges Despite Army Negligent Homicide Finding 3 src
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2007-10-02Erik Prince Testifies Before Congress Defending Blackwater Despite Evidence of 195 Shooting Incidents 3 src
Erik Prince · Blackwater · U.S. House Oversight Committee · Henry Waxman
confirmed
2007-04-05Halliburton Completes Spin-Off of KBR to Distance from Iraq War Scandals, Fraud Investigations, and $2.7 Billion in Questioned Costs 2 src
Halliburton · Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Dick Cheney · Senate Armed Services Committee
confirmed
2005-07-28KBR Employee Jamie Leigh Jones Alleges Gang Rape in Iraq, Exposes Systematic Use of Mandatory Arbitration to Shield Contractor Accountability 3 src
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · State Department · Al Franken
confirmed
2004-03-31Four Blackwater Contractors Killed in Fallujah Ambush, Bodies Hung from Bridge, Triggering First Battle of Fallujah 4 src
Erik Prince · Blackwater
confirmed
1998-05-01Sandline "Arms-to-Africa" Scandal: UK Parliamentary Inquiry Tests PMC Accountability and Finds It Wanting 2 src
Tony Blair
confirmed
1989-01-01Executive Outcomes Founded in South Africa: First Modern Private Military Company Conducts Combat Operations 2 src confirmed
1977-08-12Weinberger v. Equifax: Fifth Circuit Guts Anti-Pinkerton Act, Clearing Path for Private Intelligence Industry 5 src
Government Accountability Office
confirmed