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The contractors on the battlefield have about 240,000 employees supporting the United States missions in Iraq and Afghanistan with security, military and police training, logisticsand air support, recreation and other services such as food, clothing and hygiene of the troops, which brings them about $ 100 billion annually. Some have faced high-profile scandals, for reasonsranging from neglect and overcharging, to abuse prisoners and killing civilians. Defense Secretary Robert Gates seeks to reduce these external services, but there is too much dependence on them. In thisbusiness came in 1996, Robert McKeon and Thomas Campbell, two good friends who in 1992 founded his own company buying and selling companies, Veritas Capital. With a fund of U.S. $ 175 million formed amanagement company (McKeon and Campbell 62.5%, 37.5%) and after some beneficial defense agreements in 2002 it rose by U.S. $ 153 million, divided equally society.

Purchase in 2005 of DynCorpInternational, the largest provider of services to United States military, put them in the center of business and shattered their relationship. After a most advantageous acquisition, McKeon took forthemselves the investment opportunity, getting a quarter of DynCorp and shares for U.S. $ 270 million, while Campbell was disadvantaged. However, he joined the Board with McKeon, who served as president. Withthe conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan on the rise, DynCorp prospered, and today 53% of its revenue comes from the battlefields. Campbell was fired two years ago and founded his own DC CapitalPartners, a company like Veritas, supported by several investment groups, which is in the business of capturing and mining of traffic data and evaluation of satellite cell, in addition to wiring buildings inIraq and Afghanistan, and hopes to compete with DynCorp police training contract.

DynCorp won a contract in June to five years for $ 915 million, by air transport and security of United States...