Dyncorp’s Line of Business

DynCorp’s Line of Business

DynCorp International is an American national security private military contractor that was founded in 1946. DynCorp was started as an aviation company but later provided flight operation and land vehicles maintenance.

DynCorp also provides turnkey solutions for post-conflict countries to rebuild infrastructure, install utilities/telecommunications, remove/dismantle weapons and provide security and transport equipment. The company works behind the scenes to support military and diplomatic efforts on front lines. It supports the United States departments of State and Defense by providing linguist services and international police force training, especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.

DynCorp receives more than 96% of its more than $3 billion in annual revenues from the US federal government. The corporate headquarters are in an unincorporated part of Fairfax County near Falls Church, Virginia. The company has provided services for the U.S. military in several places, including Bolivia, Bosnia, Somalia, Angola, Haiti, Colombia, Kosovo and Kuwait. DynCorp International also provided much of the security for Afghan president and trains much of Afghanistan's and Iraq's fledgling police force. DynCorp was also hired to assist recovery in Louisiana and neighboring areas after Hurricane Katrina.

Conducts that have made DynCorp unethical

DynCorp has been involved in multiple allegations of unethical conduct. Here are outlined some of the most important:

• Excessive payments for overtime

According to a Defense Department Inspector, from October 2007 through March 2013, the major contractor did not properly charge labor rates for a counter-narcoterrorism contract. They found that there were excessive payments for overtime. As an example they presented a case in which an employee was charging the Unites States with more than 100 hours per day.

• Unskilled for specified labor

The Defense Department inspector found that out of the charges submitted over nearly six years for 460 DynCorp employees, 360 did not meet the specified labor requirements, leading to $91.4 million in questionable costs. In one case, a program manager who billed 5,729 hours over a year and a half, totaling $1.2 million did not have a bachelor’s degree, which was a requirement of the position.

• Inappropriate use of herbicides

In September 2001, Ecuadorian farmers filed a class-action lawsuit against DynCorp. The plaintiffs claimed that from January to February 2001, DynCorp sprayed herbicide almost daily, in a reckless manner, causing severe health problems (high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, dermatological problems) and the destruction of the food crops and livestock of approximately 10,000 residents of the border region. In addition, the plaintiffs alleged that the toxicity of the fumigant caused the deaths of four infants in this region. Although the usage of herbicides was sanctioned by US congress, DynCorp never mapped out areas for civilians to avoid.

• Human trafficking

In the late 1990s, two employees, a former DynCorp aircraft mechanic and a United Nation’s International Police Force monitor, independently alleged that DynCorp employees in Bosnia engaged in sex with minors, and sold them to each other as slaves. On June 2000, an investigation was launched and all DynCorp personnel were detained for questioning. The results of the investigation appear to support the allegations. DynCorp had fired five employees for similar illegal activities prior to the charges. Many of the employees accused of sex trafficking were forced to resign under suspicion of illegal activity. However, as of 2014 no one had been prosecuted (likely due to their diplomatic immunity).

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