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100: 32: 246: 292:, natural disasters, and other hazards. Its three tranches of service are: Intelligence & Insight (such as All-Source Analysis and ISR operations), Development & Capacity Building (such as counter-narcotics and cultural advisory), and Readiness & Resilience (including emergency management, training, and continuity of operations). Mission Essential is of confidential work. 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 620:
On The World of 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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on the 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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named 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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In August 2016, Mission 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."
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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.
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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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In 2009, Corpwatch, a non-profit foundation focused on oversight of government contractors, accused the company of failing to care adequately for wounded local national linguists, including being slow to pay insurance benefits. MEP countered that it
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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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In 2010, a member of the Commission on Wartime Contracting called the company, "A great American success story." Mission Essential was named the No. 1 language services provider by the Common Sense Advisory Board in 2011 and again in 2012.
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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,
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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."
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Ohio. The event enlisted more than 500 riders, raised $ 140,000, and generated coverage from local television affiliates. The Second Annual Honor Ride was held on
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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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Local National Linguists (LNLs) frequently apply for Special Immigration Visas to the United States, or for equivalent asylum with other foreign governments.
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When the case was refiled in November 2010, the same judge allowed the case against MEP to move forward. On February 10, 2011, the lawsuit was dismissed.
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those, pay cannot be disbursed. MEP further noted that the payroll problem had been successfully noted and resolved before Foley published his article.
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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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It won the Entrepreneurs of the Year for Emerging Markets in 2006 and the Business First Fast Fifty in 2007 and 2008. Mission Essential made
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has listed the company among its Top 100 Government Contractors since 2009, reaching its highest point to date in 2013 at #31.
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From 2010 to 2014, Mission Essential funded a scholarship program to provide tuition and accommodations for students at the
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Due to increased demands, the army continued to raise Mission Essential's contract ceiling and linguist requirements.
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In 2010, Mission Essential's ad campaigns won awards from the Columbus Society for Communicating Arts. In 2011, the
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team. After four days of negotiations, they convinced the pirates to allow their boat to be towed behind the
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Mission Essential has assisted in capacity building, counter-narcotics, multi-national law enforcement, and
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named Mission Essential to its list of Top 100 defense contractors in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
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Mission Essential also provides training and technical support to its clients, notably
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targeting data to Joint Service and Allied partner decision-makers and operators.
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In August 2010, the U.S. Army named Mission Essential as a winner of a five-year,
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Corpwatch also claimed MEP underpays its local national linguists (LNLs). In a
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Mission Essential made charitable giving a part of its corporate philosophy.
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named Mission Essential the No. 1 government contractor in Central Ohio.
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primarily serving intelligence and military clients. It is a provider of
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Greg Miller-Chairman, Jon Ricker-Vice-Chairman, Leonard Hicks-CFO
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The primary languages needed by the military in Afghanistan are
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annual roll of the 500 fastest growing companies in 2009–2011.
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In January 2013, Mission Essential donated $ 26,000 to the
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Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
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Companies based in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area
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Mission Essential was founded in early 2004 by army
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Afghanistan, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, U.S.
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Language, training, technical support, intelligence
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