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DOD Security Forces in Fallujah???

mondo_fondo: Chief Corporal; Posts : 120
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DOD Security Forces in Fallujah???

by mondo_fondo Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:05 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah

If you read the list for participating units, there is the DOD Security forces and I have no idea who or what they are. I googled them and couldn't find anything. Any Help? Thanks

Mercenary25

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Re: DOD Security Forces in Fallujah???

by Mercenary25 Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:20 pm

Could be contractors employed under the DOD.

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Re: DOD Security Forces in Fallujah???

by Mercenary25 Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:21 pm

Yes, I was correct.

In December, 2006, in Iraq there were thought to be at least 100,000 contractors working directly for the United States Department of Defense which is a tenfold increase in the use of private contractors for military operations since the Persian Gulf War, just over a decade earlier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_company

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Re: DOD Security Forces in Fallujah???

by Nkomo Fri Apr 05, 2013 12:31 am

No doubt they were contractors, but the article specefically mentions "Department Of Defense Security Forces, Tactical Response Team". This is something new to me. Does anyone have any information on this group?