SCG International was founded in 1996 to provide government and private sectors with domestic and international security, logistics and training services. After SCG and its former CEO Jamie Smith lost a $9.5 million lawsuit, the

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reported that SCG was apparently defunct and that Jamie Smith had left the United States. In August 2012, the US Air Force debarred the company for a period of three years from any federal assistance.

History

SCG International was established as the Delta Training Center (DTC) in 1996, and has operated as SCG International since 2002. Since its founding in 1996, SCG has been operated under the direction of experienced former

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government

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s and military personnel. SCG personnel have worked with more than 1,200 clients (including nine

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companies) in over 14 countries. SCG International provides training and security services to governments, law enforcement and military units, and to private and corporate entities. It was one of several private security firms employed following the

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. SCG was one of over 60 private security firms employed during the

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and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to guard officials and installations, train

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's and

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's new army and police, and provide other support for coalition forces. Other executives within the firm came from US Army Special Forces, US Navy SEALs and the USMC. The company was bought out by a private party, closed its headquarters in 2012, moved all corporate operations to Abu Dhabi, and is engaged in anti-piracy, foreign military training operations, security and intelligence support contracts.

Jamie Smith

Jamie Smith founded SCG in 2002 after working at Blackwater as, what he CLAIMS as, Vice President

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, ultimately he was fired from the company in 2010. Smith has a background as a

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officer in publications for SCG, although this assertion has been challenged and never independently verified.

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External links

SCG International website
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20060614214429/http://www.basicint.org/pubs/Research/2004PMCapp2.pdf Article describing the company's role in the Iraq and Afghanistan warbr>Robert Young Pelton's World: Traveling Right about SCG's training courses for those traveling to war zones
Private military contractors Companies based in Virginia Companies established in 1996

History

Jamie Smith

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