Sacaba is a capital city and a municipality in the Bolivian province of Chapare . The city, located 13 km (8.1 mi) eastward from Cochabamba , is the second largest city in the Cochabamba Department after Cochabamba city. Post-colonial architecture may be seen in the inner part of Sacaba; however, some has been destroyed due to lack of municipal care.
76-612: Sacaba was the site of anti- coca eradication riots in 2002, which caused the removal of Evo Morales , leader of the cocalero movement and the MAS , from his seat in the Bolivian congress. Morales opposed the closing of a coca market in Sacaba, and ensuing protests involved the death of several people on both sides. Morales served as president of Bolivia between 2006 and 2019. At the time of census 2001 Sacaba had 92,581 residents. Due to
152-607: A $ 3 billion five-year Army contract for support and maintenance of mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles. The U.S. Defense Department gave DynCorp the Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of its mentor-protege arrangement with CenterScope Technologies, in which it provided coaching in development of new markets, establishing international operations and in worldwide logistics. As a result of this mentoring CTSI's revenue grew from $ 5 million to $ 32 million in 18 months. DynCorp provides personal security throughout various parts of
228-470: A backlog of $ 250 million, employed 7,000, and had annual sales of $ 300 million. In 1964 Dynalectron diversified into the energy services business with the acquisition of Hydrocarbon Research, Inc. Through this acquisition Dynalectron developed a process called H-Coal , which converted coal into synthetic liquid fuels. The work began to attract national attention with the Arab Oil Embargos of
304-533: A conditional deal to be acquired by private equity investment firm Cerberus Capital Management for $ 17.55 per share ($ 1 billion). The deal was agreed on 7 July 2010. In December 2011 the company hired Michael Thibault, former co-chairman and commissioner of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (CWC), as vice president of government finance and compliance. Thibault worked for many years at
380-1027: A contract to provide a maintenance augmentation team for the Kuwait Air Force 's AH-64D Apache helicopter maintenance program. DynCorp has worked as a partner for supporting the Air Force's fleet of 39 F/A-18 Hornet aircraft program since 1997. A significant part of the company's business since the 1990s has come from contingency operations support. The company supports existing bases in Southern Afghanistan, builds new ones as needed, and provides base support services. In January 2010 DynCorp International combined with World Wide Humanitarian Services (WWHS) and Casals & Associates to form DI Development. DI Development provides humanitarian aid, reconstruction to conflict and post-conflict areas, and governance reforms. DynCorp International made several acquisitions in 2009 and 2010 to adapt to
456-543: A deal allowing the Chapare region to legally grow a limited amount of coca, in addition to the already legal Yungas region. In 2006 the Colombian government destroyed around 730 square kilometres, reaching new records in coca plant destruction. The Colombian government planned to destroy around 500 km of coca plants in 2007, which would leave only around 200 km left. The Colombian government planned to destroy
532-631: A different technique and had not yet put out any formal estimate for 2003. A March 2005 report by the ONDCP indicated that despite record aerial spraying of over 1,300 km of coca in Colombia in 2004, the total area under coca cultivation remained "statistically unchanged" at 1,140 km . In response to the report, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), an NGO that monitors
608-499: A go-ahead." The report states that the findings of DynCorp's misconduct on a $ 188 million job to buy weapons and build quarters for the Iraqi police were serious enough to warrant a fraud inquiry. A U.S. government audit report of October 2007 revealed that $ 1.3 billion was spent on a contract with DynCorp for training Iraqi police. The auditors stated that the program was mismanaged to such an extent that they were unable to determine how
684-482: A lengthy article in The New York Times questioned the potential conflict of interest in the hiring by Veritas Capital Fund, LP, holding company for DynCorp, of Gen. Barry McCaffrey . McCaffrey had previously served as White House "Drug Czar", where he shaped future federal public-private partnership in drug enforcement policy. According to Human Rights Watch, there is substantial evidence that points to
760-579: A major impact on US drug prices and purity." Regardless, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe vowed to press ahead with the U.S.-financed fumigation of coca crops. Official estimates of coca cultivation in Peru for 2005 have yet to be released, but the State Department's own reporting suggests that cultivation in Peru has increased. In Bolivia, there has been a decrease in clashes since 2004, when Evo Morales and former President Carlos Mesa struck
836-455: A much higher chance of human error when spraying suspected illegal coca plantations. In many cases the wrong fields are sprayed, resulting in not only a total loss of the farmer's crop- but the loss of that field altogether as nothing will grow where the herbicide has been sprayed. Though official documentation of the health effects of glyphosate spraying in Colombia are virtually non-existent, neighbouring Ecuador has conducted studies to determine
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#1732775365938912-555: A new name to reflect the growing and diversifying company. The name "Dynalectron Corporation" was selected from 5,000 employee suggestions. In 1976 Dynalectron established headquarters in McLean, Virginia . Due to its growing size, the company restructured into four main operating groups: Specialty Contracting, Energy, Government Services, and Aviation Services. In the 30 years since the foundation of CEA, Dynalectron had acquired 19 companies in 30 years, had assets of $ 88 million, maintained
988-485: A provider of sophisticated aviation, logistics, training, intelligence and operational solutions in over 30 countries worldwide. The combination has also created one of the largest providers of mission critical support services to government customers, with 34,000 team members in 105 countries around the world. DynCorp International provides aviation support to reduce the flow of illicit drugs, strengthen law enforcement, and eliminate terrorism. Their air operations include
1064-508: A result of alternative development programs, exported US$ 28 million of banana, US$ 1.9 million of pineapple, and US$ 7.0 million of palm heart. These industries now employ more than 20,000 people in the Chapare region. Given the above-mentioned considerations, many critics of coca eradication believe the fundamental goal of the U.S. government is to constrict the flow of income to the Colombian Marxist rebel movement, FARC , which
1140-409: A stimulant and cure for altitude sickness ; it also has symbolic value. The sale and consumption of coca (but not pure cocaine) is legal and legitimate in these countries. With the growth of the Colombian drug cartels in the 1980s, coca leaf became a valuable agricultural commodity, particularly in Peru and Bolivia, where the quality of coca is higher than in Colombia. To supply the foreign markets,
1216-468: Is a strategy promoted by the United States government starting in 1961 as part of its " war on drugs " to eliminate the cultivation of coca , a plant whose leaves are not only traditionally used by indigenous cultures but also, in modern society, in the manufacture of cocaine . The strategy was adopted in place of running educational campaigns against drug usage. The prohibitionist strategy
1292-480: Is a unit of DynCorp. DynCorp delivers training for multiple sectors, including security sector reform, interior and defense personnel in underdeveloped nations, and law enforcement. Since 1994 DynCorp has trained and deployed 6,000 law enforcement workers in 16 countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan. DynCorp is looking to partner with Raytheon as a prime or subcontractor on the Teach, Educate, Coach program, which
1368-544: Is being pursued in the coca-growing regions of Colombia ( Plan Colombia ), Peru , and formerly Bolivia , where it is highly controversial because of its environmental, health and socioeconomic impact. Furthermore, indigenous cultures living in the Altiplano , such as the Aymaras , use the coca leaf (which they dub the "millenary leaf") in many of their cultural traditions, notably for its medicinal qualities in alleviating
1444-520: Is heavily funded by the illegal drug trade, rather than combating drugs per se . Few if any such critics have anything favorable to say about the illicit drug trade, but they point out that under the current coca eradication policies, poor campesinos bear the brunt of efforts to combat it, while North American and European chemical companies (which supply chemicals needed in the manufacture of cocaine) and banks (which annually launder hundreds of billions of dollars in illegal revenues) continue to profit from
1520-775: Is its unbroken record of having received a contract in every round of competition under the United States Air Force-managed Contract Field Teams (CFT) program since the CFT program started in 1951. The company recently opened up an office in Huntsville, Alabama, to allow it to further focus on its aviation business. The Army Materiel Command, Army Contracting Command and the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command all have or soon will have their headquarters on Redstone Arsenal. The U.S. Air Force chose DynCorp to supply support services for
1596-522: Is part of the Army's Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support program. In September 2001 Ecuadorian farmers filed a class-action lawsuit against DynCorp. On February 15, 2013, the court granted summary judgment to DynCorp, dismissing the sole remaining human health and medical monitoring claims Ecuadorian plaintiffs had brought in connection with counternarcotic aerial herbicide spraying operations in southern Colombia. The plaintiffs are preparing to appeal
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#17327753659381672-517: Is rare. During summer time, temperatures range from 10 °C to 19 °C with heavy precipitation. Sacaba is a culinary capital in Cochabamba, famous for its delicacies such as cuy and other gastronomical offerings. Several restaurants can be found on the city's streets. Sacaba is also famous for its many chicherias, which produce chicha or corn beer, leading to the description Sacaba – donde la chicha nunca se acaba or 'Sacaba, where
1748-506: Is replaced by coffee , banana , pineapple , palm heart , and other crops suitable for a tropical climate. However; many remote coca-growing areas lack the infrastructure to get such perishable products to market on time. Coca on the other hand stores well and is easily transportable. The price of coca has remained high and in many cases remains a more attractive crop to farmers than these alternatives. Despite these obstacles, many farmers have embraced alternative crops. In 2006, Bolivia, as
1824-617: Is the only company in the United States licensed to purify cocaine for medicinal use. At the start of 2003, there were 1,740 km of coca in worldwide cultivation, and Colombia represented more than 60% of that total. Critics of the Colombian eradication program had predicted that it would lead to higher coca production in Peru and Bolivia. However, in November 2003, the US Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) claimed
1900-949: The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (known as CAL FIRE) to suppress and control wild land fire. DynCorp flies and maintains Grumman S-2 Tracker fire retardant air tankers and OV-10A aircraft , and maintains and services civilian UH-1H Super Huey helicopters flown by CAL FIRE pilots. Operating from across California, aircraft can reach most fires within 20 minutes. DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance, fleet testing and evaluation for rotary , fixed , " lighter-than-air ", and unmanned aircraft. Specifically, they provide on-site work for project testing, transient, loaner, leased and tested civilian aircraft services. DynCorp also performs supportability and safety studies as well as off-site aircraft safety and spill containment patrols and aircraft recovery services. DynCorp has received contracts for aircraft maintenance with
1976-493: The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), serving as deputy director from 1994 to 2005. In 2011 Dyncorp set a company record with 12,300 new hires, bringing the total number of employees to 27,000. On November 23, 2020, Amentum , a contractor supporting U.S. federal and allied governments, announced that it has closed the acquisition of DynCorp International (due to multiple human trafficking cases),
2052-547: The Defense Department , develop vaccines for the National Institutes of Health and install security systems in U.S. embassies for the State Department." Shapiro notes that during Bannister's tenure Dyncorp had also "supplied bodyguards to Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide in the 1990s and to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the early 2000s." With the reductions in military spending in
2128-849: The Dominican Republic . In 2010 DynCorp International acquired Phoenix Consulting Group to expand the company into intelligence training and solutions. By acquiring the Phoenix Consulting Group, DynCorp provides training courses to the intelligence community at the Phoenix Training Center. Dyncorp International employs 300 intelligence professionals to offer highly specialized training for intelligence, counterintelligence , special operations and law enforcement personnel. It also provides linguist operations, including language training, translation specialists recruiting, and field translation support for
2204-563: The "coca war". Meanwhile, the US-based Stepan Company is authorized by the Federal Government to import and process the coca plant which it obtains mainly from Peru and, to a lesser extent, Bolivia . Besides producing the coca flavoring agent for Coca-Cola, Stepan Company extracts cocaine from the coca leaves, which it sells to Mallinckrodt , a St. Louis, Missouri pharmaceutical manufacturer that
2280-856: The 1950s and continues to provide aviation support globally. Aviation support including emergency response air programs, aircraft maintenance, theater aviation support management, helicopter maintenance support, supportability and testing. In 2012 DynCorp played a key part in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's final flight as it made its way from the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando to the California Science Center in Los Angeles aboard NASA 's specially crafted Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). The SCA
2356-956: The 1970s. By the early 1980s Texaco , Ruhrkohle and Itochu were all marketing Dynalectron's H-Oil process. Between 1976 and 1981 the company had two public stock offerings and acquired another 14 companies. By 1986 Dynaelectron was one of the largest defense contractors in North America. In 1987 Dynalectron changed its name to DynCorp. In 1988 DynCorp went private to avoid a hostile takeover by Miami financier Victor Posner , via an employee initiative led by Daniel R. Bannister. Bannister, as T. Rees Shapiro wrote in his 2011 obituary, "was paid $ 1.65 an hour when he joined DynCorp as an electronics technician in 1953," rising to serve as its president and CEO (1985 to 1997). In 1994 DynCorp's revenues were approximately $ 1 billion. In 1997, DynCorp partnered with British company Porton International to form DynPort Vaccine Group. That same year, DynPort
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2432-997: The 1990s, DynCorp expanded their focus to the growing tech market. It bought 19 digital and network service firms and acquired contracts with the government's information technology (IT) departments. By 2003 roughly half of DynCorp's business came from managing the IT departments of the Central Intelligence Agency , Federal Bureau of Investigation , and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , among others. In 1999 DynCorp moved its headquarters to Reston, Virginia . In December 2000 DynCorp formed DynCorp International LLC, and transferred all its international business to this entity. DynCorp Technical Services LLC continued to perform DynCorp's domestic contracts. In March 2003 DynCorp and its subsidiaries were acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) for approximately $ 914 million. Less than two years later, CSC announced
2508-729: The Department of Defense and the Department of State, and provide security services, fire and rescue emergency services, and IT/telecommunication services. In particular, DynCorp supports a military base camp in Kosovo , providing power plant maintenance, fueling services, and grounds maintenance. DynCorp is also active in vehicular maintenance, in particular providing the United Arab Emirates with depot-level maintenance, facilities management, and commercialization for its 17,000 ground vehicles. In April 2012 DynCorp International
2584-485: The U.S. armed forces. Through a joint venture with McNeil Technologies called Global Linguist Solutions , Dyncorp was awarded a five-year contract to provide management of translation and interpretation services to support U.S. Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom . Under the contract, DynCorp employed 6,000 locally hired translators and 1,000 U.S. citizens who are native speakers of languages spoken in Iraq. DynCorp International
2660-1222: The US military. During the 1950s its California Eastern Airways division supported the Korean War, the DEW Line , US activities in the Philippines, French Indochina and maintained personnel in Tokyo, Hawaii, Wake Island , one of the largest such operators. The airline flew both Douglas DC-4s and Lockheed Constellations . In 1959, the carrier received interim certification as a supplemental air carrier at which time it had two divisions (the airline operation and Flight Training) and two subsidiaries, Land-Air and Air Carrier Service Corp. Land-Air held contracts performing instrumentation and R&D activities at White Sands Missile Range . In 1960, California Eastern sold its airline operations to President Airlines. DynCorp traces its origins from two companies formed in 1946: California Eastern Airways (CEA), an air freight business, and Land-Air Inc., an aircraft maintenance company. California Eastern Airways
2736-1198: The United States Navy, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, and NASA. DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance in countries including the Republic of the Philippines, the United States, throughout Europe, Southwest Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Additionally, DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance support to facilities including the NAS Patuxent River, Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, NASA facilities in El Paso, Texas, Edwards Air Force Base in California, and Robins Air Force Base (AFB) in Georgia. Among its notable awards
2812-495: The United States in the militarized eradication of coca after signing Plan Colombia in 2000. In many cases the spraying is carried out by American contractors, such as DynCorp , using planes and helicopters to spray glyphosate on coca plantations. Aerial spraying has been repeatedly condemned by human rights and environmental activists because of its effect on human populations and local soil and water systems. In December 2000, Dutch journalist Marjon van Royen found that "because
2888-544: The area fell from 366 km to 311.5 km . The U.S. figures were very different from preliminary estimates in September 2003 by the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Colombia, which indicated that output in Peru and Bolivia may have risen by as much 21%, or 150 km that year. The White House office said its estimate was based on sampling from high resolution satellite imagery. The United Nations used
2964-515: The area planted with coca in Peru and Bolivia combined fell by 35 km in the year up to June, which would suggest that the crop eradication program in neighboring Colombia had not driven production over the borders. According to ONDCP estimates, the area cultivated with coca in Bolivia rose from 244 km in 2002 to 284.5 km in June 2003, but this increase was more than offset in Peru, where
3040-531: The availability of cocaine on our streets, but now we are learning that a possible side-effect of this campaign could be the unleashing of a Fusarium epidemic in the Amazon basin. The drug war has tried in vain to keep cocaine out of people's noses, but could result instead in scorching the lungs of the earth. DynCorp DynCorp International Inc. ( / ˈ d aɪ n k ɔːr p / ), was an American private military contractor . Started as an aviation company,
3116-444: The cartels expanded the cultivation to areas where coca was not a traditional crop. Many poor campesinos , driven from the central highlands by lack of land or loss of jobs, migrated to the lowlands and valleys of the eastern Andes , where they turned to the cultivation of coca. To counter this development, the U.S. government, through its foreign aid agency USAID , has promoted a policy of crop substitution, whereby coca cultivation
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3192-431: The cause of mysterious illnesses amongst people living along the border of Colombia and has since demanded that no aerial sprayings occur within 10 km of the border because of the damages caused to the people, animals and environment in that area. In 2015, Colombia announced a ban on using glyphosate in these programs due to concerns about human toxicity of the chemical. In addition, the U.S. has also been involved in
3268-523: The charges. Many of the employees accused of sex trafficking were forced to resign under suspicion of illegal activity. As of 2014 no one had been prosecuted. In 2002 Bolkovac filed a lawsuit in Great Britain against DynCorp for unfair dismissal due to a protected disclosure (whistleblowing), and won. Bolkovac co-authored a book with Cari Lynn titled The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors And One Woman's Fight For Justice . In 2010
3344-400: The chemical is sprayed in Colombia from planes on inhabited areas, there have been consistent health complaints [in humans]. Burning eyes, dizziness and respiratory problems being most frequently reported." In some areas, 80 percent of the children of the indigenous community fell sick with skin rashes, fever, diarrhoea and eye infections. Because the glyphosate is sprayed from the air, there is
3420-416: The chicha never runs out'. Most residents of Sacaba work in Cochabamba city. Local industries include raw food, cereal production, shoe factories, among others. Colonial buildings, public markets and other attractions are also appealing to tourists. 17°24′15″S 66°02′27″W / 17.40417°S 66.04083°W / -17.40417; -66.04083 Coca eradication Coca eradication
3496-532: The coca bushes if illegally cultivated." The US-based Drug Enforcement Administration , along with local governments, has frequently clashed with cocaleros in attempts to eradicate coca across the Andes. This map shows the Chapare region in Bolivia, which has historically been heavily targeted for coca eradication. Human rights NGOs such as Human Rights Watch have accused the US of human rights abuses in
3572-693: The coming years. Two DynCorp American employees were among the five killed in Jordan by a co-worker on 9 November 2015 . The incident occurred at the International Police Training Centre in Zarqa . The program the men were working on is funded by the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs . DynCorp provides military base operations and vehicle maintenance. They manage installations for military bases for
3648-450: The company also provided flight operations support, training and mentoring, international development, intelligence training and support, contingency operations, security, and operations and maintenance of land vehicles. DynCorp received more than 96% of its more than $ 3 billion in annual revenue from the U.S. federal government. The corporate headquarters were in an unincorporated part of Fairfax County near Falls Church, Virginia , while
3724-495: The company's contracts were managed from its office at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas . DynCorp provided services for the U.S. military in several theaters , including Bolivia , Bosnia , Somalia , Angola , Haiti , Colombia , Kosovo and Kuwait . It also provided much of the security for Afghan president Hamid Karzai 's presidential guard and trained much of the police forces of Iraq and Afghanistan. DynCorp
3800-506: The continuous high demand for coca, once a plot is destroyed the planters simply move further into the forest, clearing new lands for coca production. It is this vicious cycle of unsustainable cultivation-eradication that has caused the environment in coca producing zones to suffer substantial decline. Aerial spraying of glyphosate herbicide, one of the most controversial methods of coca eradication, has taken place in Colombia exclusively because of that government's willingness to cooperate with
3876-1095: The defense sector's shift towards diplomacy and development work, in particular acquiring an international development firm in order to enter the international aid community. DI Development is particularly active in Africa and Latin America . In Africa DI Development strengthened government financial management in Ghana , assisted in peace and recovery advancement in Uganda , and led anti-corruption programs in Madagascar , Malawi , and Nigeria . In Latin America DI Development implemented anti-corruption, transparency, and accountability programs in Guatemala , El Salvador , Nicaragua , and Panama, and provided democracy and governance initiatives in Mexico , Bolivia , and
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#17327753659383952-529: The development of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum to wipe out coca. In 2000, the Congress of the United States approved use of Fusarium as a biological control agent to kill coca crops in Colombia (and another fungus to kill opium poppies in Afghanistan ), but these plans were canceled by then-President Clinton , who was concerned that the unilateral use of a biological agent would be perceived by
4028-627: The dismissal. An extensive accusation concerning DynCorp's activities and alleged abuses in Colombia was presented against DynCorp at the Hearing on Biodiversity of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal , session on Colombia at the Cacarica Humanitarian Zone from February 24 to 27, 2007. Three DynCorp employees died when their helicopter was shot down during an anti-drug mission in Peru in 1992. On November 29, 2008,
4104-524: The environmental management plan for the eradication program. It also mandated a series of studies to protect public health and the environment. The Colombian State Council, the country's maximum administrative authority, later overruled the court's decision to stop fumigations. Recently, Boliviana negra , a glyphosate -resistant type of coca plant has been found. In the sierra of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina , coca has been consumed (by chewing and brewing in infusion ) for thousands of years as
4180-425: The feeling of hunger, fatigue and headaches symptomatic of altitude sicknesses . The growers of coca are named Cocaleros and part of the coca production for traditional use is legal in Peru, Bolivia and Chile . Plots denuded of coca plants by mechanical means (burning or cutting) or chemical herbicides , such as glyphosate , are abandoned and cause serious problems with erosion in seasonal rains. Because of
4256-499: The film The Whistleblower , starring Rachel Weisz and Vanessa Redgrave , was released. According to The New York Times , the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) found that "DynCorp seemed to act almost independently of its reporting officers at the Department of State, billing the United States for millions of dollars of work that were not authorized and beginning other jobs without
4332-694: The first Contract Field Teams (teams of technicians that maintained military aircraft for the United States Air Force ), was bought by California Eastern Aviation Inc. DynCorp still holds the contract 50 years later, maintaining rotary and fixed-wing aircraft for all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. At this time, revenues for the company reached $ 6 million. In 1952 the company, renamed California Eastern Aviation, Inc., merged with Air Carrier Service Corporation (AIRCAR), which sold commercial aircraft and spare parts to foreign airlines and governments. By 1961 California Eastern Aviation needed
4408-478: The impact of US foreign policy in Latin America, observed that the aerial spraying strategy appeared to have hit its limits. According to WOLA, the new ONDCP data suggested a continued "balloon effect" as aggressive spraying in some areas has not deterred new cultivation elsewhere. The WOLA Senior Associate for Drug Policy commented, "The stable cultivation in 2004 throws into doubt US officials’ predictions of
4484-510: The involvement of DynCorp contractors in trafficking of women and girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as violence against them. In the late 1990s two employees, Ben Johnston, a former DynCorp aircraft mechanic, and Kathryn Bolkovac , a U.N. International Police Force monitor, independently alleged that DynCorp employees in Bosnia engaged in sex with minors and sold them to each other as slaves. Johnston and Bolkovac were fired, and Johnston
4560-446: The lack of space in Cochabamba city's boundaries, several new urbanization complexes have been built within the 13 km (8.1 mi) that separate Sacaba from Cochabamba city. Many of these residential complexes have been constructed for employees from enterprises based in the city. The weather in Sacaba is temperate, with a climate similar to Cochabamba city. During winter, temperatures range from 1 °C to 24 °C and rainfall
4636-616: The military's T-6 and T-6B trainer aircraft. As part of that contract DynCorp will open, operate and manage Contractor Operated and Maintained Base Supply facilities at nine Air Force and Navy locations. DynCorp International has been the incumbent recipient of helicopter maintenance and support contracts supporting the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy. It also received the task order to provide theater aviation support management for US Army helicopters in Europe (TASM-E). The U.S. Army Contracting Command gave DynCorp International
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#17327753659384712-414: The money was spent. In February 2007 federal auditors cited DynCorp for wasting millions on projects, including building an unapproved, Olympic-sized swimming pool at the behest of Iraqi police officials. In April 2011 DynCorp agreed to pay $ 7.7 million to the U.S. government to settle claims that it had inflated claims for construction contracts in Iraq. On October 11, 2007, a DynCorp security guard in
4788-583: The operation of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft on and around aircraft carriers for either combat or non-combat missions, aviation life support missions, and aerial/satellite imagery. DynCorp was hired to strengthen the Afghan air force, helping to train Afghan pilots so they could, in turn, train other Afghans. They have also provided air operations support in Iraq, including search and rescue, medical evacuations, and transporting quick reaction forces . DynCorp International began as an aeronautical company in
4864-441: The remaining coca gradually over the following years. The U.S. has supplied tens of thousands of gallons of Roundup to the Colombian government for use in aerial fumigation of coca crops. We have been using a fleet of crop dusters to dump unprecedented amounts of high-potency glyphosate over hundreds of thousands of acres in one of the most delicate and bio-diverse ecosystems in the world. This futile effort has done little to reduce
4940-588: The rest of the world as biological warfare . The Andean nations have since banned its use throughout the region. (The use of biological agents to kill crops may be illegal under the Biological Weapons Convention of 1975. ) On June 25, 2003, the Superior Administrative Court of the Colombian department of Cundinamarca ordered a stop to the spraying of glyphosate herbicides until the government complies with
5016-428: The sale of three DynCorp units (DynCorp International, DynMarine and certain DynCorp Technical Services contracts) to Veritas Capital Fund, LP for $ 850 million. After the sale, CSC retained the rights to the name "DynCorp" and the new company became DynCorp International. In 2006 DynCorp International went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DCP. On April 12, 2010, DynCorp International announced
5092-411: The trade. (Although it is illegal in the United States for banks to hold funds from drug cartels—such as FARC—that have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations. ) Article 26 of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs , a treaty promulgated with U.S. backing in 1961, states that "The Parties shall so far as possible enforce the uprooting of all coca bushes which grow wild. They shall destroy
5168-399: The world. It supplies Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East with threat assessment protection, perimeter security, base security, and guard services. DynCorp supported the U.S. Army in the Persian Gulf with vehicle searches, roving patrols, and explosive-detecting dogs. It also provides personal security to many regions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Culpeper National Security Solutions
5244-425: Was a uniquely configured Boeing 747-100 aircraft. DynCorp mechanics worked with NASA and other support contractors performed maintenance and inspection services to the SCA. DynCorp's involvement in Endeavour's final flight was part of a contract NASA awarded to the company in April 2012 to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support at various locations throughout the country. DynCorp has been working with
5320-400: Was also given a $ 17.1 million task order to provide leadership to military personnel of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The program focuses on training junior and mid-level personnel in areas such as communications, logistics, and engineering. DynCorp president Steven Schorer expects the training and support logistics for the military and intelligence community to grow significantly in
5396-475: Was also hired to assist recovery in Louisiana and neighboring areas after Hurricane Katrina . The company held one contract on every round of competition since receiving the first Contract Field Teams contract in 1951. In 2020, Dyncorp was bought by Germantown, Maryland -based defense support services conglomerate Amentum . On April 21, 2021, the DynCorp name was discontinued, and employees and services transferred to Amentum. California Eastern Aviation
5472-594: Was awarded a contract with the U.S. Navy to provide facility support services for personnel from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion unit Timor-Leste , including living quarters, internet and telephone services, bathroom facilities, laundry services, kitchen facilities, vehicle/driver/language support, procurement services, warehousing and other services. DynCorp also formed a joint venture with Oshkosh Defense , Force Protection Industries , and McLane Advanced Technologies to pursue
5548-718: Was contracted by the Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program (JVAP) of the United States Department of Defense to manufacture 300,000 doses of a new smallpox vaccine for the military . By the time of his retirement in 2003, Shapiro notes that Bannister "oversaw the acquisition of more than 40 companies… [and] was credited with helping to mold… an aviation services company into a sprawling conglomerate that employed 24,000 people and earned $ 2.4 billion in annual revenue." As well he "oversaw DynCorp contracts to operate missile test ranges for
5624-646: Was founded by a small group of returning World War II pilots who wanted to break into the air cargo business. They were one of the first firms to ship cargo by air, and within a year, the firm was serving both coasts. California Eastern Airways diversified into multiple government aviation and managerial jobs, airlifted supplies for the Korean War , and was responsible for the White Sands Missile Range (a client that DynCorp has retained for 50 years). In 1951 Land-Air Inc., which implemented
5700-574: Was incorporated in Delaware on January 14, 1946. It operated as a common carrier from then until 1948, flying freight between east and west coasts, one of the largest domestic freight operators of the time. Unfortunately, this was not profitable, and the company entered bankruptcy in May 1948, ceasing common carrier activities and leasing out its aircraft instead, which enabled it to exit bankruptcy in 1950. It then became an uncertificated carrier , flying for
5776-508: Was later placed into protective custody before leaving several days later. On June 2, 2000, an investigation was launched in the DynCorp hangar at Comanche Base Camp , one of two U.S. bases in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and all DynCorp personnel were detained for questioning. CID spent several weeks investigating and the results appear to support Johnston's allegations. DynCorp had fired five employees for similar illegal activities prior to
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