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426:, only 7,700 U.S. citizens speak fluent Pashto, and of those, Mission Essential says about half meet health and other clearance requirements. The company employs more than 1,000 of these citizens. To fill the rest of the military's requirements, Mission Essential also relies on more than 4,000 Afghan local national linguists.
552:$ 679 million contract. Linguists make over $ 200,000 a year; successful recruiters got bonuses of $ 250 to $ 2,500. Problems were discovered at FedSys, a Crystal City subcontractor for MEP. A recruiter named Abdul Aman was fired by FedSys and accused of helping people cheat. The case was investigated by the
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Troubles blog, journalist Jim Foley wrote that MEP was withholding pay from some linguists in dangerous areas. MEP responded that government regulations require a sometimes "cumbersome process which requires signatures from both MEP managers and military points of contact" and without
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The allegations started with Obama’s 2009 to 2012 “surge” of troops in
Afghanistan and the need for Dari and Pashto speakers who could be granted top-secret security clearances. Only a few thousand people across the country qualified. A small contractor called Mission Essential Personnel (MEP) had a
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Solutions for Intelligence Analysis (SIA) II vehicle. Intelligence analyst Marisa Freese, who joined the company after her time serving in the military, said, "Mission Essential gives me an opportunity to continue working in the Intelligence Community. The work is really important. Everything
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files all claims and intervenes on behalf of our linguists with insurance companies and claims investigators. In cases where insurance payments are delayed, we directly intervene on behalf of our linguists to ensure our professionals get what they are due. When complaints of delayed payments first
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profiled one US-hired
Mission Essential translator, who said that while the work is often dangerous, "The belief in the cause and what I was working for undermined that fear. This is the process that will take us to a greater future and a better life for my people. Going back is an opportunity to
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Mission Essential its member company of the month for July 2012, noting that, "For the current conflicts with which the US Army is involved, communication can be more valuable than weaponry: so the United States can share its message of good will with those we can help while deciphering the
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In response, MEP released a statement saying that the army had conducted a thorough investigation of the incident and found the shooting was "the result of the unforeseeable criminal acts" of the shooter, who had been vetted and approved by the US Government. MEP also noted that it had not issued
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In
January 2010, Mission Essential linguist Ahmad Nasir Ahmadi fired on U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, killing two soldiers and wounding a third before he was killed by an alert army sergeant. Nearly 18 months later, the survivor and family members of the deceased soldiers filed a lawsuit against
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Mission
Essential support Ride 2 Recovery, which treats injured vets by using cycling for rehabilitation. In November 2013, Mission Essential donated $ 25,000 to Ride 2 Recovery at an Honor Ride. In May 2014, Mission Essential sponsored the first annual Memorial Day Weekend Honor Ride in Central
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Essential acquired Information Management Technology Corporation (IMT). IMT is the lead technical support and provider for the Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) Enterprise, the Defense Department's worldwide satellite-connected communications network, threat warning, and
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In 2013, reports surfaced that the Danish government was missing information that it needed to process
Mission Essential linguists, such as names and employment periods, who sought asylum in Denmark after helping the country's efforts in Afghanistan. The issue was quickly resolved. The Danish
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co-founded the Camp
Lemonnier Cheetah Refuge Volunteer Program, which clears invasive tree species at the DECAN animal refuge and tends to the needs of the animals. Mission Essential's Scott Johnson said, "The ultimate goal of the refuge is to eventually release the animals back to the wild."
659:'s Jed Babbin said Ross had "cobbled together information from irrelevant or financially interested sources." Two weeks after the original report aired, the network published a follow-up on its website when US District Judge Leonie Brinkema dismissed the case against MEP without prejudice.
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In 2012, Mission Essential's contract changed to reflect changing budgets for the Afghanistan military effort. The company deployed a 50-person transition team to visit 7,000 of its personnel in remote locations throughout the warzone. 99.7% of the employees stayed on board.
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MEP has also been charged with deploying interpreters who were old or otherwise physically unfit. MEP's response was that it recruits, vets, and trains linguists according to the military's specifications, but does not control their final assignments throughout Afghanistan.
617:, the company said, "Local nationals are paid well by the standards of their community. MEP's LNLs are compensated better than doctors and cabinet-level officials in Afghanistan. MEP presently has a backlog of more than 600 Afghan nationals waiting to become linguists."
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Intelligence Support Services contract, with a ceiling of $ 492 million. In September 2010, Mission Essential won a spot on the multimillion-dollar Intelligence Support Services – Afghanistan (ISS-A) contract vehicle providing MULTI-INT operations in support of
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said, "Mission Essential will assist in validating information about employment for interpreters who make contact with the Danish authorities. This arrangement is similar to the arrangement which Mission Essential has with the US Government."
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Mission Essential's goal is to operate missions regarded as "high-consequence" to defense, diplomatic, intelligence community and law enforcement customers, and multinationals and foreign governments. The company tries to combat terrorism,
466:, don't just do literal translations, they provide insights into local culture and customs that are key to any attempt to win the people over. And above all, their ability to read the situation on the ground can often save lives."
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profiled Mission Essential's domestic recruiting at the Afghan Cup, an annual soccer tournament in the Washington area, where the company recruited 45 linguists in 2008 under the slogan "For America, For Afghanistan, For Me."
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quoted a former MEP employee who alleged in a whistleblower lawsuit that the company had sent unqualified linguists to Afghanistan two years earlier. Disparate commentators criticized ABC's coverage of the story. The
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veteran Greg Miller. The company started as a subcontractor providing a handful of linguists in Iraq, but in 2007, Mission Essential Personnel won a $ 703 million Afghanistan language contract in support of the
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In 2013, MEP went through a major rebranding, changing its name to Mission Essential. In October 2014, the company released a Spanish version of its website, as part of its "inroads into Latin America."
596:(DBA) insurance subject matter experts to Afghanistan to respond. At that time, there were 170 outstanding insurance claims. As of July 2010, there were 28. MEP's goal is always zero outstanding claims.
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Combat Airman Skills Training program, where instructors train airmen and women in combat and survival skills. Mission Essential has coordinated a response at the
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and took the ship's captain and crew hostage. A Mission Essential interpreter assisted negotiation with the pirates during the crisis, alongside a
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1694:“Mission Essential Personnel, U.S. Defense Contractor, Accused Of Negligence After U.S. Soldiers' Death”
1581:"Response to A World of Troubles blog, "Afghan Interpreters Worked In Most Dangerous Areas For No Pay.""
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1659:“Judge: Lawsuit Alleging Firm Supplied Army With Unqualified Translators Can Proceed”
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1126:“Setting the Record Straight: Commentary Regarding Mission Essential”
917:"Mission Essential Personnel Wins Three New Task Orders With CENTCOM"
895:"Mission Essential Personnel Wins Three New Task Orders With CENTCOM"
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1672:"Mission Essential Personnel Statement On Court Case Dismissal"
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1152:"Lend Me Your Ears: US Military Turns to Contractor Linguists"
1707:"MEP Statement on January 2010 Afghanistan Shooting Incident"
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2031:"Mission Essential Personnel: "We Don't" campaign"
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