Coordinación entre PMCs y fuerzas regulares - Iraq

[yoyimbo]

No estoy muy seguro de si èste es el mejor sitio para colgar el video, pero no encontrè otro que se ajustara mas....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxodXRACLHA

en él sale un amigo que me merece todos mis respetos como profesional... a loopster no le pregunto porque imagino que ya lo habrà visto...

espero que os resulte interesante....

un saludo

[Loopster]

Este es un sitio muy indicado porque precisamente en aquella ocasión hubo militares actuando bajo las órdenes de contratistas.

Siempre me pone los pelos de punta ver ese video de Pyro gritando que están todos con el último cargador, menos mal que Brad y sus chicos llegaron desde Baker trayendo mochilas llenas de munición.

[kilo009]

¿Se supone que desde ese punto es donde estaban situados los tiradores del MOE?

Gracias Yoyimbo

[Loopster]

Esa es la azotea del edificio donde estaba la CPA, desde donde se contuvo el primer asalto (se ve al Cabo Young y a Alcon, los dos antes de ser heridos). Hubo personal español en esa azotea, pero los tiradores del MOE estuvieron en otro edificio que daba mejor acceso para tirar contra las posiciones de mortero enemigas.

[yoyimbo]

Eso por ser caballeros y no contar el por què de que no hubiera mas Españoles en la azotea!!!


gracias a dios, lo hechos son los hechos y lo hechos no se pueden cambiar....


un saludo

[Loopster]

Ahora es Dinamarca quien lo dice a las claras...

http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article597271.ece

Expert says lack of military personnel means that private companies are going to have to step in. Defence minister agrees.

Denmark is unable to continue to have so many soldiers on demanding missions abroad without private companies taking over several of the soldiers' tasks, according to a report from the Danish Institute for Military Studies.

According to the report, companies must relieve the pressure on the military, which is suffering from an increasing shortage of officers, technicians and specialists. Tasks involved could be in construction as well as the operation and maintenenace of materiel.

"In some tasks there are benefits involved in privatisation - but you don't get something without losing something else. We are novices in outsourcing military tasks and there is a general and legal vacuum here," says Anders Henriksen, the author of the report.

No fighting
Henriksen says that the United States and Great Britain have varied experiences in both price and quality when private companies work for the military in areas of conflict, and he adds that private contractors should not be in frontline conflict areas such as Helmand province in Afghanistan.

A well thought-out privatisation of other tasks, however, would enable to soldiers to concentrate on the core tasks in both wars and peacekeeping operations.

Privatisation, however, places more demands on the High Command and politicians, he says.

"Even in relatively innocent areas such as construction, maintenance and servicing materiel and vehicles, contracts must take the problems that will arise into account," Henriksen says.

Such problems could include situations in which companies suddenly pull out of tasks, that work is not done properly or that company personnel become involved in conflicts.

"So there must be clear agreements on the terms and conditions of delivery, legal aspects, the working environment and other such issues. In this, the military must become better prepared than it is today," he adds.

Defence Minister agrees
Defence Minister Søren Gade (Lib) supports the idea of increased privatisation and laments the slow speed of outsourcing.

"I'm not proud of the current level of privatisation. We would not only be able to save money, but also release personnel without it costing jobs. I do feel, however that we have moved on quite well in our international tasks - but things are going slower at home," says Gade who adds, however, that actual soldiering tasks cannot be left to private companies.

SocDems lukewarm
The Social Democratic Defence Spokesman John Dyrby Paulsen agrees, but admits that the defence forces have a shortage of personnel for dangerous missions.

"But I don't believe that we can increase the number of battle-ready soldiers by privatising other military tasks. And it's not certain that things would be better or cheaper by letting private companies take over tasks," Paulsen says.

Los holandeses ya dijeron algo similar hace unos meses, con lo que entre naciones usuarias y firmantes del Documento Montreux tenemos:

Reino Unido, Irlanda, Francia, Alemania, Suecia, Noruega, Holanda, Dinamarca, Italia, Grecia, Portugal,... y puede que me deje alguno.

En serio que me asombra que ayer mismo dos oficiales del MADOC dijeran tranquilamente que "las PMC no tienen futuro y hay un consenso en Europa para que nunca se implanten o se haga uso de ellas". Pues si que están a la última los del Mando de Doctrina.

[Loopster]

Un varios de Iraq y Afganistán

[abuelo]

¿ Que tipo de mision realizan los tios vestidos con ropa arabe ?

¿ Reconocimiento de itinerarios ?

[Loopster]

Protección, sus clientes no requieren transportar a mucha gente (una o dos personas al mismo tiempo como mucho) así que dada la técnica de ataque contra occidentales más utilizada en el área donde trabajan es preferible ir en perfil bajo y procurar que el tiempo de reacción de los malos sea superior al que ellos necesitan para cruzar determinadas zonas.

Trabajan con dos contratistas expats, uno o dos clientes a proteger, y cuatro afganos. La razón de que los expats vayan juntos (incluso en los coches) en lugar de mezclados con los afganos contratados es para poder cruzar sin problemas los controles que monta la policía para extorsionar a la gente.

¿Un conductor afgano y copiloto occidental? te paran y te buscan las cosquillas para cobrarte o robarte.

¿Dos occidentales liderando un pequeño convoy? dejan paso abierto no sea que todos los del vehículo sean también occidentales y vayan a tener ganas de bronca.

Perros viejos estos tíos

[Loopster]

Canadá ya está usando los seis Mil Mi8MTV que contrató a Sky Link.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0811 ... elicopters

Canadians to use civilian helicopters in Afghanistan in stopgap measure

PASAB, Afghanistan — Until they get their own helicopters next year, Canadian troops in Afghanistan will have access to six civilian choppers to lessen the risk of coming under insurgent attack while moving along the country's notoriously dangerous roads.

The Mi-8 helicopters are being contracted from Toronto-based Sky Link as a stopgap measure. The first flight of the aircraft took place at Kandahar Airfield on Monday.

"As a task force, it allows us to transport with the Mi-8's cargo and with the Chinook's personnel, with a view to try and get Canadians off the roads here in Afghanistan where they are exposed to all the dangers of this country - ambushes and IEDs and the other things that all Canadians are aware of," said Col. Christopher Coates, air wing commander of Joint Task Force Afghanistan.

The decision to contract the Mi-8s, which will be flown by civilian pilots, is the result of a recommendation from the Manley report last spring that Canada should have some air capabilities for its operations in Afghanistan.

The Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that is one of the world's most-produced choppers. It is used by more than 50 countries. Although there are models of the Mi-8's that can be armed, that won't be the case in this instance.

"It is a very versatile aircraft with extremely good capability for high, hot and heavy operations, which is what we are looking at doing here," said Bob Waring, project manager for Sky Link.

"Basically, Canada identified a requirement to get folks off the roads so they needed additional air capability to be able to do this."

Waring said he's not worried about sending civilian pilots into military operations.

"Well, the risks are consistent across the board, whether you are wearing a uniform or not," he said.

"The fair majority of all my management people, all my senior managers, are retired military folks, either Canadian or American, so we have the experience. Many of my aviators are retired military folks as well, so they understand."

Canada is buying six used CH-47D Chinook helicopters from the United States, but Ottawa has not officially taken delivery of the choppers, which will cost a total of $292 million.

Crews are already training but Chinooks aren't expected to be operational until sometime next year.

In the meantime, Canadian troops in Afghanistan can look to the Mi-8s to reduce the threats they face on the ground and lighten the loads they have to transport.

But the contracted choppers won't be completely at the beck and call of the Canadian Forces. Instead, they will be put into a pool under the Joint Task Force Afghanistan command.

"They're available in the pool of helicopters to support all the priority missions," said Coates.

"So on a regular basis, everyday, we evaluate the missions that need to be flown in the days to follow, and aircraft are tasked in terms of what is the most priority mission, what can the aircraft do, what are available."

Coates admits it is not a perfect solution, but he said in the end it comes down to what is best for the mission.

"Canada does still have influence - not in terms of priority, that's not the way it all works," he said.

"If the priority for us that day perhaps is moving troops, and not cargo, then maybe what those Mi-8s can do is transport some British cargo and we'll use British Chinooks to transport our troops."

"So it really does work to our benefit. It may not seem that way, but it does."

Al pasar el transporte de carga a los Mi8 tienen ahora los Chinooks y Griffon para las tropas, y esto mientras preparan nuevos helos militares para mandar allí. Los seis Mi8 pasan a estar a disposición del Joint Task Force Command Afghanistan, así que británicos, aussies,... también se verán beneficiados al contar con una capacidad de carga aérea que alivie a sus propios destacamentos de helicópteros.

A ver si para la zona oeste de Afganistán vemos algo parecido en los próximos meses.