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SYDNEY 13 DECEMBER 2010: The Virgin Blue Group of Airlines will welcome Roger Lindeman in a new role as General Manager Service Experience in early 2011.
Group Executive of Product and Guest Services, Martin Daley, said Mr Lindeman had more than 40 years of airline-related customer service he would bring to the Group together with extensive experience working in commercial operations; with airport operators and codeshare partners.
"Roger has experience in customer service, sales and marketing; industrial relations and management experience at Australian and international airports and airline offices.
"He has dealt with many crises including the Asian tsunami; tragic bombings in Bali and the terrorist attacks in New York.
"Roger's renowned customer service skills have won him many accolades and awards. He will be a huge asset to the Virgin Blue Group of Airlines.
"We are delighted to have Roger onboard," Mr. Daley said.
Mr Lindeman commenced his airline career in 1968 with Qantas Airways. His most recent role was Head of Airports Customer Experience.
Having spent 14 years on overseas assignments, he is the Founding Deputy Chairman of Bali International Education Board; President of the Australian – Thai Chamber of Commerce (Bangkok); Executive Director of Australia Korea Business Council and Australia New Zealand Council; and an Executive Committee member of Singapore Australia Business Council.


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GARDEN GROVE – Pastor Bobby Schuller said he's tired of hearing about the "last this and last that" at the Crystal Cathedral.
"I think there have been so many 'lasts,'" Schuller said. "How 'bout some firsts?"
But there was no way to get around it on Sunday. It was the last service for the once-prominent Crystal Cathedral Ministries at its storied glass church.
More than 2,000 people came to commemorate the event with the choir, orchestra and music that have helped make it a popular ministry worldwide. A day earlier, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange celebrated its first mass on the campus, which the Catholic Church purchased last year during bankruptcy-court proceedings.
"Don't worry. Smile. Be glad. Take courage., Be excited because we are on the move," the grandson of founder Robert H. Schuller told his flock.
"God is doing something here."
Schuller acknowledged that it was a sad day for many longtime congregants who had seen the growth of the ministry from the Garden Grove Community Church to the Crystal Cathedral Ministries, a megachurch followed worldwide through its "Hour of Power" television program.
Everyone has special memories of the beautiful church, whether of the lavish Glory of Christmas productions with live animals or smaller, personal memories, Schuller said.
But there are new memories to be made at the new home, which until this weekend has been St. Callistus Catholic Church, about a mile away.
The Catholic Church has renamed the cathedral Christ Cathedral. And Crystal Cathedral Ministries, while keeping its corporate name, is now Shepherd's Grove.
Another congregation scheduled to move to the St. Callistus site is the Tree of Life church in Orange, where Schuller also is a pastor.
Joining Schuller on Sunday was his father, former Crystal Cathedral pastor Robert A. Schuller, who delivered the benediction. Absent was Bobby Schuller's grandfather, the man who built the ministry alongside his wife, Arvella. Both octogenarians separated from the church last year.
A number of themes ran through Sunday's service and a special ceremony with Catholic leaders afterward. One of them: Something good will come out of the downfall of Crystal Cathedral Ministries, which crashed financially and has been mired in numerous controversies in recent years.
"Every single time God has moved this community, it has been an upgrade," Schuller told congregants.
Members and supporters echoed the sentiment.
"The best is yet to come," soloist Dana Baker said to Ed Arnold, the longtime announcer of the "Hour of Power" television show, before the service.
Doris Carlton, 87, said she's excited about the future. And she remembers when the Rev. Robert H. Schuller preached atop the roof of a snack bar at a drive-in movie theater, before the cathedral and its sister buildings were created.
"I'm excited about a new beginning. And we're excited about Bobby. Bobby is an extension of his grandpa," said Carlton, an Anaheim Hills resident believed to be only charter member still affiliated with ministry.
"We have lost a place but there's something really good happening here," said Jim Kok, who was honored Sunday before retiring after 30 years as a pastor at the ministry.
"We're all growing, and we're growing in unity with the Catholics," Kok said.
That theme was repeated by Bobby Schuller and the Rev. Christopher H. Smith, rector and episcopal vicar of Christ Cathedral. During a ceremony following the Sunday morning service, both spoke of cooperation and blessed each other's churches.
They prayed for each other, Schuller said, "not as Protestants and Catholics, but as Christians."
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Brady R. Cox, a graduate of Carbon High School and College of Eastern Utah, has been named by Pres. Barack Obama as one of 96 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
He was honored recently in a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution and at a reception with the president at the White House. The PECASE award is the highest honor given by the U. S. government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their research careers.
Cox, an assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas since 2006, has recently accepted a faculty position at the University of Texas. He specializes in earthquake engineering. He was selected for the presidential award because of his work on non-intrusive subsurface imaging using seismic surface wave methods.
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"Discoveries in science and technology not only strengthen our economy, they inspire us as a people," Pres. Obama said in a White House announcement. "The impressive accomplishments of today's awardees so early in their careers promise even greater advances in the years ahead."
Cox is a member of the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association, an international organization that partners with the National Science Foundation to conduct reconnaissance efforts of earthquakes worldwide. He traveled to Haiti as part of this group to document construction failures and collect additional data on the effects of the devastating January 2010 quake that killed more than 300,000 people. He has also traveled to New Zealand, Peru, Japan, Turkey and Hawaii on similar expeditions.
He is the son of Clayton and Jerri Lynn Cox of Helper and the grandson of the late Clyde Cox of Emery County. He graduated from CHS in 1994, where he served as student body president. After graduation from CEU he served an LDS mission in London, United Kingdom. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from Utah State University and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 2006.
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|McLean, VA, United States
Area served
Key people
|Lewis Von Thaer
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|Aviation maintenance, air operations, drug eradication, law enforcement training, logistics, contingency operations, security services, operations and maintenance for land vehicles (MRAPs), maintenance for aircraft, support equipment, and weapons systems, intelligence training and solutions, international development[4]
|US$ 3.047 billion (2010)
|US$ 120.00 million (2008)
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DynCorp International /ˈdaɪn.kɔːrp/[6] is an American private military contractor.[7] Begun as an aviation company, the company also provides flight operations support, training and mentoring, international development, intelligence training and support, contingency operations, security, and operations and maintenance of land vehicles.[8] DynCorp receives more than 96% of its more than $3 billion in annual revenues from the U.S. federal government.[1][9]
The corporate headquarters are in an unincorporated part of Fairfax County near Falls Church, Virginia. However, the company's contracts are managed from its office at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
The company has provided services for the U.S. military in several theaters, including Bolivia, Bosnia, Somalia, Angola, Haiti, Colombia, Kosovo and Kuwait.[10][dead link] DynCorp International also provided much of the security for Afghan interim president Hamid Karzai's presidential guard and trains much of Afghanistan's and Iraq's fledgling police force.[11] DynCorp was also hired to assist recovery in Louisiana and neighboring areas after Hurricane Katrina.[12][13] DynCorp has held one contract on every round of competition since receiving the first Contract Field Teams contract in 1951. DynCorp won the LOGCAP II contract and is one of three contract holders on the current LOGCAP IV contract.
- 1 History
- 2 Services
- 3 Controversies
- 4 See also
- 5 References
Beginnings (1946–1961)[edit]
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.[14] California Eastern Airways was founded by a small group of returning World War II pilots who wanted to break into the air cargo business.[15] They were one of the first firms to ship cargo by air, and within a year, the firm was serving both coasts.[16][17] 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).[15][17]
In 1951, Land-Air Inc., which implemented 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.[17][18] DynCorp still holds the contract 50 years later, maintaining rotary and fixed-wing aircraft for all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.[17] At this time, revenues for the company reached $6 million.[17]
In 1952, the company, renamed to California Eastern Aviation, Inc., merged with Air Carrier Service Corporation (AIRCAR), which sold commercial aircraft and spare parts to foreign airlines and governments.[17]
Dynalectron (1962–1987)[edit]
By 1961, California Eastern Aviation needed a new name to reflect the growing and diversifying company. The name "Dynalectron Corporation" was selected from 5,000 employee suggestions.[17] In 1976, Dynalectron established their headquarters in McLean, Virginia.[19] Due to its growing size, the company restructured into four main operating groups: Specialty Contracting, Energy, Government Services, and Aviation Services.[17] In the 30 years following the foundation of CEA, Dynalectron had acquired 19 companies in 30 years, had assets of $88 million, maintained a backlog of $250 million, employed 7,000, and had annual sales of $300 million.[17]
In 1964, Dynalectron diversified into the energy services business with the acquisition of Hydrocarbon Research, Inc.[20] Through this acquisition, Dynalectron developed a process called H-Coal, which converted coal into synthetic liquid fuels.[21] The work began to attract national attention with the Arab Oil Embargos of the 1970s.[22] By the early 1980s, Texaco Inc., Ruhrkohle AG, and C. Itoh & Co. were all marketing Dynalectron's H-Oil process.[23][24]
Between 1976 and 1981, the company had two public stock offerings and acquired another 14 companies.[25] By 1986, Dynaelectron was one of the largest defense contractors in North America.[25]
Dyncorp and expansion (1987–2003)[edit]
In 1987, Dynalectron changed its name to DynCorp. In 1988, DynCorp went private to avoid a hostile takeover by Miami financier Victor Posner.[26] The bid was an employee-led initiative spearheaded by Daniel R. Bannister.[26] Bannister, who was paid $1.65 an hour when he joined DynCorp as an electronics technician in 1953, served as DynCorp's president and CEO from 1985 to 1997.[27]
By 1994, revenues exceeded $1 billion; by 1997, three years later, DynCorp earned $2.4 billion in annual revenue, had acquired an additional 40 companies, and employed 24,000 people.[27] During this time, DynCorp operated missile test ranges for United States Department of Defense, developed vaccines for the National Institutes of Health, and installed security systems in U.S. embassies for the State Department.[27] Dyncorp also supplied bodyguards to Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide in the 1990s and to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the 2000s.[27] In 1999, DynCorp moved their headquarters to Reston, Virginia.[17]
With the reductions in military spending in the 1990s, DynCorp expanded their focus to the growing tech market.[15] They bought 19 digital and network service firms, and acquired contracts with the government's information technology (IT) departments.[15] 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.[15]
In December 2000, DynCorp formed DynCorp International LLC, and transferred to it all of its international business to this entity while DynCorp Technical Services LLC continued to perform DynCorp's domestic contracts.
Sale to CSC, IPO, and purchase by Cerberus Capital (2003-present)[edit]
In March 2003, DynCorp and its subsidiaries were acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) for approximately US$914 million. Less than two years later, CSC announced the sale of three DynCorp units (DynCorp International, DynMarine and certain DynCorp Technical Services contracts) to Veritas Capital Fund, LP for US$850 million.[28]
After the sale, CSC retained the rights to the name "DynCorp" and the new company became DynCorp International.[29]
In 2006, DynCorp International went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DCP.[30]
On April 12, 2010, DynCorp International announced a conditional deal to be acquired by private equity investment firm Cerberus Capital Management at a price of $17.55 per share ($1 billion).[31] The deal was agreed on 7 July 2010.[32]
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 the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), serving as Deputy Director from 1994 until 2005.[33] In 2011, Dyncorp set a company record with 12,300 new hires, bringing the total number of employees to 27,000.[34]
Air operations[edit]
DynCorp International provides aviation support to reduce the flow of illicit drugs, strengthen law enforcement, and eliminate terrorism.[35][36] Their air operations include 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.[37][38] DynCorp was hired to strengthen the Afghan air force, helping to train Afghan pilots so they could, in turn, train other Afghans.[39] They have also provided air operations support in Iraq, including search and rescue, medical evacuations, and transporting quick reaction forces.[40][41]
DynCorp International began as an aeronautical company in the 1950s and continues to provide aviation support globally. Aviation support including emergency response air programs,[42] aircraft maintenance,[43] theater aviation support management,[44] helicopter maintenance support,[45] supportability and testing.[35][36][46]
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, FL to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, CA aboard NASA's specially crafted Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA). The SCA was a uniquely configured Boeing 747-100 aircraft.[47][48] 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 awarded to the company in April 2012 by NASA to provide aircraft maintenance and operational support at various locations throughout the country.[49]
Emergency response air programs[edit]
DynCorp has been working with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (known as CAL FIRE) to suppress and control wild land fire.[50] 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.[50]
Aircraft maintenance[edit]
DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance, fleet testing and evaluation for rotary, fixed, "lighter-than-air", and unmanned aircraft.[37][37][38] 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.[51] DynCorp has received contracts for aircraft maintenance with the United States Navy,[46] the U.S. Air Force,[52] the U.S. Army,[53] and NASA.[54] DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance in countries including the Republic of the Philippines,[55] the United States, throughout Europe, Southwest Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.[44] Additionally, DynCorp provides aircraft maintenance support to facilities including the NAS Patuxent River,[56] Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, NASA facilities in El Paso, Texas, Edwards Air Force Base in California,[54] and Robins Air Force Base (AFB) in Georgia.[52]
Among its notable awards 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 them to further focus on their aviation business, with 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.[57] DynCorp was selected by the U.S. Air Force to supply support services for 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 different Air Force and Navy locations.[58]
Helicopter maintenance support[edit]
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.[41][59] DynCorp also received the task order to provide theater aviation support management for US Army helicopters in Europe (TASM-E).[60] The U.S. Army Contracting Command gave a contract to DynCorp International to provide a maintenance augmentation team for the Kuwait Air Force's AH-64D Apache helicopter maintenance programm. DynCorp has worked as a partner for supporting the Air Force's fleet of 39 F/A-18 Hornet aircraft program since 1997.[59][61]
Contingency operations[edit]
A significant part of the company's business since the 1990s has come from contingency operations[62] support.[63] The company is currently supporting existing bases in Southern Afghanistan, building new ones as needed, and providing base support services.[64]
In January 2010, DynCorp International combined with World Wide Humanitarian Services (WWHS), and Casals & Associates to create DI Development.[65] 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 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.[66] 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.[67][68] 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 the Dominican Republic.[69]
Intelligence training and solutions[edit]
In 2010, DynCorp International acquired Phoenix Consulting Group to expand the company into the intelligence training and solutions market.[70][71] By acquiring the Phoenix Consulting Group, DynCorp provides training courses to the intelligence community in the Phoenix Training Center.[72] Dyncorp International currently employs 300 intelligence professionals to offer highly specialized training for intelligence, counterintelligence, special operations and law enforcement personnel.[73] DynCorp also provides linguist operations, including language training, translation specialists recruiting, and field translation support for the U.S. armed forces.[74]
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.[75] 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.[76] DynCorp International 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.[77]
Steven Schorer, DynCorp's president, expects the training and support logistics for the military and intelligence community to grow significantly in the upcoming years.[78]
Two DynCorp American employees were amongst 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.[79]
Operations and maintenance[edit]
DynCorp provides military base operations and vehicle maintenance. They manage installations for military bases for 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.[80] DynCorp is also active in vehicular maintenance, in particular providing the United Arab Emirates with depot-level maintenance, facilities management, and commercializiation for its 17,000 ground vehicles.[81] In April 2012, DynCorp International 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.[82]
Additionally, DynCorp formed a joint venture with Oshkosh Defense, Force Protection Industries, and McLane Advanced Technologies to pursue a $3 billion five-year contract issued by the Army for support and maintenance of mine resistant ambush protected vehicles.[78] The U.S. Defense Department gave DynCorp the Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of its mentor-protege arrangement with CenterScope Technologies, for which they provided coaching in development of new markets, establishing international operations and in worldwide logistics. As a result of this mentoring, CTSI grew its revenue from $5 million to $32 million over a period of 18 months.[83]
Security services[edit]
DynCorp provides personal security throughout various parts of the world.[84] They supply Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East with threat assessment protection, perimeter security, base security, and guard services.[85] Specifically, DynCorp supported the U.S. Army in the Persian Gulf with vehicle searches, roving patrols, and explosive-detecting dogs.[86] DynCorp also provides personal security to many regions of Iraq and Afghanistan.[87]
Training and mentoring[edit]
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.[88][89] DynCorp is looking to partner with Raytheon as a prime or subcontractor on the Teach, Educate, Coach program, which is part of the Army's Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support program.[78]
Latin America incidents[edit]
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 brought by Ecuadorian plaintiffs in connection with counternarcotic aerial herbicide spraying operations in southern Colombia.[90] The plaintiffs are preparing to appeal the dismissal.[91]
In this regard, concerning the company's activities and alleged abuses in Colombia, an extensive accusation was presented against DynCorp at the Hearing on Biodiversity of the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, session on Colombia, which took place at the Cacarica Humanitarian Zone from February 24 to 27, 2007.[92]
Three DynCorp employees died when their helicopter was shot down during an anti-drug mission in Peru in 1992.[1]
On November 29, 2008, a lengthy New York Times article 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.[93]
Bosnia incidents[edit]
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.[94][95] Both Johnston and Bolkovac were fired, and Johnston was later placed into protective custody before leaving several days later.[96]
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.[96] CID spent several weeks investigating and the results appear to support Johnston's allegations.[96] DynCorp had fired five employees for similar illegal activities prior to the charges.[97] Many of the employees accused of sex trafficking were forced to resign under suspicion of illegal activity. However, as of 2014 no one had been prosecuted.[98]
In 2002, Bolkovac filed a lawsuit in Great Britain against DynCorp for unfair dismissal due to a protected disclosure (whistleblowing), and won.[99] Bolkovac co-authored a book with Cari Lynn titled The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors And One Woman's Fight For Justice. In 2010, a film titled The Whistleblower, starring Rachel Weisz and Vanessa Redgrave, was released.[100][101]
Iraq incidents[edit]
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 a go-ahead."[102] 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.[102] 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.[103] The auditors stated that the program was mismanaged to such an extent that they were unable to determine how the money was spent.[103]
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.[104] 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.[105]
On October 11, 2007, a DynCorp security guard in a U.S. State Department convoy killed a taxi driver in Baghdad. According to several witnesses, the taxi did not pose a threat to the security of the convoy.[106]
A January 2010 report by the SIGIR assessed that oversight of DynCorp police training contracts by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs found that INL exhibited weak oversight of the DynCorp task orders for support of the Iraqi police training program.[107][108][109] It found that INL lacks sufficient resources and controls to adequately manage the task orders with DynCorp. As a result, more than $2.5 billion in U.S. funds were vulnerable to waste and fraud, although SIGAR's Iraq reconstruction inspector noted that there was no indication that DynCorp had misspent any of the $2.5 billion.[110][111]
Afghanistan incidents[edit]
On July 30, 2010, a riot broke out when an Afghan car and a DynCorp vehicle crashed on a road near Kabul International Airport.[112][113] Although initial reports blamed the company and claimed four Afghans were killed in the accident, Sayed Abdul Ghaffar, the head of the Kabul police criminal investigations division, told The New York Times that the Afghan driver had caused the accident and said only one Afghan died in the wreck.[114]
In 2009, DynCorp contractors paid a 17-year-old Afghan Bacha Bazi performer to entertain them in Kunduz. Several Afghans were later arrested and investigated.[115][116][117] A Wikileaks cable released after the incident stated that the Afghan interior minister at the time, Hanif Atmar, asked the assistant U.S. ambassador to try to "quash" both the story and release of video from the incident.[115][118][119][120] In response to the incident, DynCorp fired four senior managers and established a chief compliance officer position, which focused on ethics, business conduct, related investigations, and regulatory compliance.[116] As of 2014, no DynCorp employee has faced criminal charges.[citation needed]
Mozambique incident[edit]
According to Mozambican media reports, the Mozambican government seized and impounded the 16-vehicle shipment pending the outcome of investigations into alleged tax evasion and deception by OTT Technologies Mozambique.[121]
See also[edit]
- AECOM (Government Services Division)
- Blackwater Worldwide
- Carratu International
- Fluor Corporation
- Kroll Inc.
- Military–industrial complex
- Pinkerton Government Services
- Top 100 Contractors of the U.S. federal government
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- ^ Jones, William H. (July 12, 1978). "Dynalectron Has An Oil Answer; New Process For Coal Conversion." The Washington Post.
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- ^ a b $1.2 Billion State Department-DynCorp Contract for Iraq Police Training in Disarray. Fox News. October 23, 2007.
- ^ a b c DynCorp's aircraft carrier flight operations include preflight, launch and recovery operations. Rotor & Wing. January 1, 2006.
- ^ a b Clabaugh, Jeff. DynCorp wins $401M Andrews AFB contract. Washington Business Journal. August 17, 2011.
- ^ Moody, R. Norman. Patrick Air Force Base aviators to train Afghan air force. Florida Today. February 2, 2012.
- ^ Ackerman, Spencer. U.S. Hiring Mercenary Air Force for Iraq Rescues. Wired. November 14, 2011.
- ^ a b Butterfield, Ethan. DynCorp lands $450M Navy contingency services deal. Washington Technology. November 3, 2006.
- ^ Air Program. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
- ^ DynCorp to provide services at Andrews. UPI. August 18, 2011.
- ^ a b DynCorp Awarded Up to $80M Contract for Support from U.S. Army[permanent dead link]. DefenseWorld. October 21, 2011.
- ^ U.S awarded $17.2 million contract to DynCorp to support the Royal Saudi helicopter fleet Archived November 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.. DefenseWorld. March 26, 2010.
- ^ a b Watson, Tim. DynCorp Wins Potential $490M Contract for Aviation Maintenance, Logistics Support. Govcon Wire. August 11, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
- ^ "DynCorp Team to Help NASA Fly Final Shuttle Endeavour Flight". executivebiz.com.
- ^ Courtney Howard. "DynCorp International supports final flight of NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour". avionics-intelligence.com.
- ^ a b DynCorp International to Help Fight California Wildfires. Reuters. July 23, 2008.
- ^ DynCorp awarded $490M contract for aircraft maintenance work at Pax River. HeliHub. August 12, 2011.
- ^ a b DynCorp International Awarded $93M Contract for Aircraft Maintenance Support from US Air Force[permanent dead link]. DefenseWorld. May 23, 2012.
- ^ DynCorp International Wins $105 million contract for aviation maintenance from US Army[permanent dead link]. DefenseWorld. January 11, 2011.
- ^ a b Troiani, Gino. DynCorp Wins Potential $177M Award for NASA Aircraft Engineering. Govcon Wire. April 19, 2012.
- ^ DynCorp Wins $78M to Support Philippine Operations Archived December 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.. DefenseWorld. September 30, 2008.
- ^ Clabaugh, Jeff (August 17, 2011). "DynCorp wins $401M Andrews AFB contract". Washington Business Journal.
- ^ "Retired Redstone Arsenal commander James Myles dons civvies for new aviation mission". Business News. February 10, 2011.
- ^ DynCorp to open T-6 support centers. UPI. June 7, 2012.
- ^ a b DynCorp wins $25M Kuwait Air Force Apache contract. Heli Hub. April 16, 2012.
- ^ DynCorp awarded $80M contract to support US Army helicopters in-theatre. HeliHub. October 21, 2011.
- ^ DynCorp wins KAF AH-64D Apaches support contract. Airforce Technology. April 16, 2012.
- ^ contingency operations
- ^ Vardi, Nathan (July 30, 2009). "DynCorp Takes Afghanistan". Forbes.
- ^ "LOGCAP IV Surges Forward". Military Logistics Forum. Feb 2011.
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- ^ "DynCorp International acquires Phoenix Consulting Group". GovconWire. October 20, 2009.
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- ^ Global Linguist Solutions Again Awarded $4.6 Billion Army Linguist Services Contract. Reuters. February 18, 2008.
- ^ L-3 Out, Dyncorp-McNeil in for $4.65B Iraq Translation Contract? Defense Industry Daily. December 10, 2007.
- ^ Watson, Tim. DynCorp International Wins AFRICAP Training Task Order. Govcon Wire. June 1, 2011.
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- ^ DynCorp International Awarded Contract Valued at up to $15.5 Million to Provide Facility Support Services for Naval Facilities Engineering. DynCorp International. April 2, 2012.
- ^ Honor for DynCorp mentoring. UPI. February 9, 2012.
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This is in response to "Where are the responsible gun owners?" By Alfred Brock in the Feb. 12 issue.
According to Mr. Brock's signature line, he obviously isn't a resident of the area. In fact, it would seem he isn't even a resident of this planet. It would appear his reality is nowhere close to the reality of most intelligent or logical people. Otherwise, he would know many of the same gun owners I knew when I lived there.
This scathing rant by an individual is based solely on some sort of hot-headed finger pointing - albeit in the wrong direction, concocted in an attempt to produce another black mark in the eyes of the public against responsible citizens and gun owners. And throwing the NRA into the mix is a feeble attempt to cast blame upon a group of individuals who had absolutely nothing to do with the sick people who perform these actions. When was the last time anyone has heard of an NRA member going nuts and firing at a group of innocent people?
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The scribe of the letter fails to mention that Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University, the Omaha mall, even Columbine high school are "gun free" zones. This means that responsible, law-abiding gun owners were forbidden to possess firearms anywhere on the property of these places. Had they been able to, chances are there wouldn't have been near the loss of life that there was.
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We love nostalgia as much as the next aging nerd, and youd be hard-pressed to find a game more steeped in nostalgia than the recent indie game Retro City Rampage. Though we had mixed feelings about the game as a whole (see our Retro City Rampage review), we loved the constant stream of clever references to 1980s pop culture and gaming. Weve collected some of our favorites from throughout the game, and as an added bonus, well explain them for those in our audience who were born after 1986.
The hills have eyes
References: Super Mario Bros
Mario lives in a cartoon world where almost everything has a happy smile on its face, including the landscape. When the hills of Super Mario games are remade in the world of RCR, theyre cute at first, but ultimately they end up feeling creepy and weird. That was probably the intended result.
Warp pipes to nowhere
References: Super Mario Bros
Warp pipes and other secret exits in gaming have become fairly ubiquitous since Super Mario Bros started using them, so we arent surprised to see RCR use them for fast travel on the map. Of course, RCRs warp pipes are very specifically based on Mario, including the tiny rooms in-between filled with bonus coins.
The Joker gets away
References: The Dark Knight
If you play RCR for a couple hours, youll notice that the creators have almost as much love for Batman as they do for the NES. Allusions and parodies of The Caped Crusader are all over the place, starting with a daylight bank robbery that ends with escaping in a school bus. Seeing as this references one of the biggest films of the last decade, were betting most people caught this one.
Virtual Meat Boy hurts our eyes
References: Virtual Boy games
One thing we love about indie gaming is the sense of camaraderie among the developers. Youll often see cameos from other indie hits in games like RCR, though this Super Meat Boy appearance does double duty as a reference to the doomed Virtual Boy system. Using the very red Meat Boy for a fake game on the 3D, headache-inducing system emulates pretty well why the system was a huge failure.
Okie Doki Picnic
References: Doki Doki Panic
A famous bit of Mario trivia is that the game known in the US as Super Mario Bros 2 was a reskinned version of the Japan-only game Doki Doki Panic. RCR gives tribute to the source of one of Marios strangest adventures in the clever park service sign above. Though it doesnt really match the Japanese characters, the explosive background of the logo is clear on the sign.
The Legend of Zelda docks
References: The Legend of Zelda
Anyone thats ever explored Hyrule in the NES original will know the familiar feeling of spotting a tantalizing Heart Container trapped on a currently unreachable dock. RCR recreates that on its city map, but fortunately you dont stepladder to get this one.
Welcome to 20XX
References: Mega Man 2
When RCRs opening began to emulate the start to Mega Man 2, we started to roll our eyes at such an obvious reference. Fortunately for the games reputation, RCR earned back some of that cred almost immediately by outright admitting how overused the sequence was. We appreciated the honesty.
Stupid dog!
References: Duck Hunt
Almost immediately following the Mega Man 2 intro, we find a jumpy guard on a rooftop thats startled by a random duck. He shoots at the bird and misses, which brings on the laughter of one of the most annoying creatures in gaming history. All NES owners know the pain and humiliation of the laughing Duck Hunt dog, and RCR carefully recaptures that shameful incident.
Oh, Fabio
References: Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
Fabio is mostly forgotten these days, but at one time he was Sex Personified, or at least he was for people that bought cheap romance paperbacks. Normally, Fabio kept his shirtless visage on book covers, but he famously appeared on the box for NES adventure game Ironsword. RCR does its best to recreate that sex appeal, but the 8-bit graphics can only express of sliver of his machismo.
References: Metal Gear
The Metal Gear series is currently famous for its dense scripts, but in its first US release it was famous for all the wrong reasons. It suffered from particularly poor translation, including the incredibly nonsensical, I FEEL ASLEEP! We expected RCRs early Metal Gear mission to reference it in some way, and it didnt disappoint.
Flat frogs
References: Frogger
This one needs basically no explanation, since the in-game dialogue makes it particularly obvious. Instead, well use this entry to ask an important question: Why does falling into water kill a frog?
Get a life
References: Super Mario Bros
Unless youre a total neophyte to gaming, you dont need us to tell you the game over screen in RCR looks a lot like the start screen in Super Mario Bros. Except in RCR, it works in reverse. You have unlimited lives, so the counter keeps track of how many times youve died, which is a little mean when you think about it.
Supersonic crosswalk
References: Sonic The Hedgehog
For the most part RCR limits its love to the 1980s and 8-bit, but occasionally some early 90s reference and even some 16-bit games find a way in. Thats the case with your first power-up, a pair of super-fast shoes that your boss stole from the green hills. We dont think we need to explain the rest for you, right?
A winner is you!
References: Pro Wrestling
We hate having to do a tutorial twice, but at least RCR made the second lesson in gun use a warm reminder of the heyday of digital wrestling. The ring in the level could be a reference to just wrestling in general, but the layout of the arena seems to close the NES gem Pro Wrestling to not be intentional.
Dont forget your helmet
References: Skate or Die
You could just steal any old car to get around, but wouldnt you rather be totally tubular and get ride on a gnarly board, dude? Its easy if you find the skate shop known as Skate n Buy, a cute pun on one of the earliest extreme sports titles in gaming history.
Great Scott!
References: Back to the Future
Time travel figures prominently to the main storyline, with protagonist PLAYER constantly collecting items to help a scientist rebuild a time machine. The peculiar old man that built the time machine looks and talks just like Christopher Lloyds Doc Brown from Back to the Future, so wed catch this reference even if he didnt own a DeLorean.
Wonder, wonder hats
References: Thundercats
Its the Thundercats logo on a hat store. Thats the joke.
East vs West
References: Every Data East game
Now a distant memory, once upon a time Data East was one of the biggest third party publishers around. They made dozens of games in the 80s, including Bad Dudes, Burger Time, and Bump n Jump. Instead of picking one game, RCR instead chose to reference its distinct logo on one of its buildings.
References: Bil & Teds Excellent Adventure
Before the protagonist switches over to a time travelling Delorean, he stumbles upon a most excellent phone booth. At first our geek senses told us it was a Doctor Who reference, but the real reference was quickly made clear when the star threw two bodacious dudes out of the time machine. Bonus retro point for having the inside of the time machine a modified NES.
References: Super Mario Bros 2
Another in the long line of Mario reference, when RCRs hero takes a nap and inexplicably puts on a nightcap, its an homage to one of the earliest and most famous twists in gaming. After beating SMB2, players found out the entire game was merely a dream of Marios. After waking for a moment, the sleepy plumber goes straight back to dream land for another adventure.
References: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
No tribute to the lost childhoods of the 1980s would be complete without the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles showing up at some point. Early in the game youre chased by the cops, and the lawmen are quickly joined by three green guys with weapons. If that wasnt obvious enough, meeting them unlocks a special mask in the character creator.
Playing with power!
With a game as rich in nostalgia as Retro City Rampage, we're sure we skipped over dozens of other clever winks and asides in the game. Do you have a favorite we should know about? Tell us in the comments!
And if you're looking for more retro fun, check out our list of best NES games and the ultimate Mega Man retrospective.


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Since 2000, the Baha Men have been asking the world one question: Who Let The Dogs Out?
You can now add Alton-Marquette to that list of perplexed inquirers.
The Explorers, who came into Saturday's quarterfinal action against Harrisburg, having scored no less than 42 points only twice this season were graciously greeted to the dog pound where they were stuffed, stopped and virtually succumbed to a 41-7 beat down by the Bulldogs at Taylor Field.
In another reference to 2000, Harrisburg now has a date in the semifinals for just the sixth time in school history, the last coming 12 years ago when the 'Dogs won the IHSA Class 3A Championship.
The Explorers did a lot of searching Saturday, coming away with little, as Harrisburg's defense was stout.
The Bulldogs recovered two fumbles and got an interception as they posted a shutout going into the fourth quarter.
Despite a couple of big plays produced by Alton-Marquette, the Bulldogs' defense stepped up to the challenge, stopping the spread offense of the Explorers and holding them to just nine first downs in the game.
"I thought we played great defensively," said Harrisburg head coach Jason Roper. "I thought our kids did a really nice job with our scheme and what we wanted to do. I can't say enough about the way our defense is playing right now. Again, they were outstanding today, as was our special teams and our offense acted as a good defense at times."
For the game, Alton-Marquette finished with just 202 yards on 57 plays, while Harrisburg racked up 239 on the ground alone.
Justin Younger had a breakout game, touching the ball six times for 109 yards on the ground and scoring two touchdowns. The senior also caught two passes for 55 yards, including a score.
Younger said Saturday's win wasn't about preparation put in during the week, but what the Bulldogs started during this past summer.
"Hard work pays off," Younger said. "We're really excited about this and we've worked hard all year. Our coaches, our players, everyone put in a lot of time this summer."
Younger accounted for the Bulldogs' first score as he raced out to a 52-yard touchdown run with 5:34 to play.
After a Tyler Owens' fumble recovery in the second quarter, Ryne Roper hooked up with Capel Henshaw on an 8-yard screen pass to put Harrisburg up 14-0.
Jason Roper acknowledged Harrisburg's passing offense that finished with 149 yards as Ryne Roper went 7-of-13.
"There were some times there when we needed a big play," he said. "We ran some screen plays out of our spread offense and some play action out of our tights package. Our receivers did a nice job of catching the football and making something happen after that. Those are big plays for us - those third-and-long situations that we were able to convert - I thought were key."
Page 2 of 3 - Henshaw finished with 61 yards on four catches and Daniel Lewis had a catch for 33 yards.
Coming out of the break - with the ball - Harrisburg went to work, cutting nearly four minutes off the clock as Younger scored his second rushing TD of the day from eight yards out with 8:09 to play.
The exclamation point for the Bulldogs came nearly four minutes later when Dylan Hathaway scored from a yard out. The score came compliments of another Alton-Marquette fumble, recovered by Gabe Oglesby as Hathaway scored his 21st touchdown of the year.
To score after halftime was a point of emphasis for Roper and Younger helped confirm the head coaches sentiments.
"Even though we were up 14, we knew we couldn't stop," Younger said. "These guys are explosive, they can score quick. We knew we had to come out and play the second half how we played the first half and I felt like we did that."
"Alton-Marquette has scored a lot of points all year, they're very fast and a very explosive team," Roper added. "Again, I felt like our defense did a good job of containing them all day for the most part. I thought our kids tackled really well today, which is something we have been working on all year and have continued to show improvement."
Harrisburg is now in the final four in class 4A since 2000 and will play the winner of Rochester or Peoria Notre Dame next Saturday on the road.
Dakota Upchurch, who had a pair of sacks on the day, said that this group of Harrisburg players is a special one.
"This win means a lot, it really does," Upchurch said. "We were able to get one last win on Taylor Field and we worked really hard to get to where we're at. For us on defense, it's as simple as keeping your head up, keep pushing and work as hard as you can on every play. We can't ever take a break."
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Alton-Marquette 00 00 00 07 - 07
Scoring Summary
Fist Quarter
HBG - Younger 52 run (Roper kick), 5:34
Second Quarter
HBG - Henshaw 8 pass from Roper (Roper kick),
Third Quarter
HBG - Younger 8 run (Roper kick), 8:09
HBG - Hathaway 1 run (Roper kick), 4:06
HBG - Roper 13 run (Roper kick), 15.9
Fourth Quarter
AM - Ford 35 run (Hoefert kick), 6:32
HBG - Younger 41 pass from Roper (kick failed), 3:04
First Downs 15 9
Total Yards 388 202
Rushes-Yards 42-239 45-147
Passing 149 55
Comp-Att-Int 7-13-0 4-12-1
Penalties 11-75 4-35
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Individual Statistics
RUSHING: HBG - Hathaway 21-95, Younger 6-109, Roper 4-9, Lewis 5-14, Buchanan 1-5, Bebout 1-1, Perkins 2-6, Henshaw 2-0. AM - Younger6-(-8), Hamilton 6-24, Kiser 14-40, Miller 5-(-11), Ford 14-102.
PASSING: HBG - Roper 7-13-0. AM - Miller 2-10-1, Young 2-2-0.
RECEIVING: Younger 2-55, Henshaw 4-61, Lewis 1-33. AM - Hamilton 2-50, Ford 2-5.
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With a convincing victory over the Kanab High Cowboys last Thursday night by the score of 61-30, the Emery High football team has started preparations for their quarterfinal game this Saturday against the San Juan Broncos in Blanding. With the victory, Emery now possesses a 7-3 season record and the Spartans are confident that they can improve upon that record.
Against the Cowboys, Emery amassed 535 yards of total offense with 483 of those yards coming on the ground. In what was a dominant offensive performance, the Spartans put on a show for their fans that should have satisfied even the most pessimistic amongst us.
Emery had three 100-yard rushers in the game and Emery scored every time they had the ball with the exception of the very last drive when they took a knee.
Junior back Marco Mota gained 144 yards on 12 carries and scored two touchdowns, senior back David Dyer ran the ball nine times and gained 120 yards and scored three times and junior back Jared Shakespaere ran the ball 11 times and gained 102 yards and scored once.
Emery's other running backs gained 117 yards throughout the ball game. Emery's fullbacks gained 63 yards led by sophomore Tanner Lake with 32 yards. Cory Cox gained 13 yards and Kayden Feichko gained 18 yards and scored a touchdown.
Emery had 10 offensive possessions in the game and with the exception of the final drive when they simply ran out the clock; Emery scored on all nine of those drives.
Emery's scoring plays in the game started with a 10-yard run by David Dyer. Later in the first quarter, Spencer Labrum hit Tanner Lake on a screen pass that went five yards for the score.
In quarter two, Marco Mota ran the ball in from the 15-yard line for the third Emery score. David Dyer would score the second touchdown of the period on another 15-yard run and finally Spencer Labrum connected on a 31-yard pass with Bailey Faimalo as the Spartans scored as time ran out.
In the third quarter, Mota scores for the second time on a 34-yard run. The other score of the period was by Jared Shakespaere on a 13-yard run.
In the fourth quarter, Dyer scores for the third time on a 16-yard run and the final touchdown was scored by Kayden Feichko on a 5-yard run.
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These two gentlemen, they are the wildest, as they look
The greatest there is today"
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Each line's dope, call it cash flow
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Inducted in 2006
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee 1987
Known as one of basketball's fiercest competitors, Barry was the 1964-65 NCAA Division I scoring champion with 37.4 points per game. He remains the only player to ever lead the NCAA, the ABA, and the NBA in scoring. Barry is also considered by many as the best pure shooter in basketball history, which is reflected by his six NBA free throw percentage titles. He was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996.
Where They Were
University of Miami (Florida) 1963-1965