Navy Times on MSN

Private housing companies let troops deck the halls early for holidays

Military housing providers are now allowing troops and their families to decorate for the holiday season early.
bianet

8,000 Private Soldiers Quit Turkish Army in 2011

8,000 Private Soldiers Quit Turkish Army in 2011 "In 2012, approximately 8,000 contracted private soldiers quit the Turkish Army which required the deployment of compulsory drafted civilians into the ...
Salon

The army we don’t see: The private soldiers who fight in America’s name

The way mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army have been waging a significant part of Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has been well covered in the American media, not least of all ...
The Nation

The Unseen Soldiers of America’s Privatized Wars

A US Special Forces soldier at a remote village in the Arghandab District in Afghanistan in 2009. (Sgt. Debra Richardson, CC BY 2.0) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com.
Iowa Public Radio

Israeli soldiers find they must rely on private donations for essential equipment

Barely 24 hours after the Hamas attack on Israel, Etai Iam Rimer threw himself into volunteering. He had spent the day of the attack at home in Kfar Truman, southeast of Tel Aviv, glued to the news on ...

Study urges Germany to build digital hub linking military and private sector

Germany needs to better integrate private sector resources into its defence plans to meet logistical and NATO demands, a ...