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    <title>OCONUS: The Contractor's Life - Episodes Tagged with “Contractor”</title>
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    <description>A no-axe to grind, no agenda look into the life of private security contractors working OCONUS. Listen as those who have been there talk about their real-life experiences in hostile, austere, and war-torn areas as a private security contractor. Listen as we discuss what we did, how we did it, where we did it, what we saw, heard, and smelled. Tune in as we discuss our experiences as private security contractors working OCONUS from the perspectives of private security contractors.</description>
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    <itunes:subtitle>The true life experiences of PMCs/PSCs</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In this episode, I talk with Joe Wright, a retired federal special agent and current contractor, regarding his experiences as both a federal agent and a private contractor overseas.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;p&gt;Joe Wright began his federal carrer in 1977 as a Border Patrol agent in San Diego with INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), an Insepector in San Ysidro, Miami International Airport, Deportation Officer.  He worked with the Customs Service, and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), retiring in 2007 -- later that year, beginning his contracting career as a private contractor that year.  Joe has spent four (4) years in Iraq &amp;amp; Afghanistan, and is currently on contract with DOS (Department of State). Special Guest: Joe Wright.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Joe Wright began his federal carrer in 1977 as a Border Patrol agent in San Diego with INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), an Insepector in San Ysidro, Miami International Airport, Deportation Officer.  He worked with the Customs Service, and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), retiring in 2007 -- later that year, beginning his contracting career as a private contractor that year.  Joe has spent four (4) years in Iraq &amp; Afghanistan, and is currently on contract with DOS (Department of State).</p><p>Special Guest: Joe Wright.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/oconustcl">Support OCONUS: The Contractor&#39;s Life</a></p>]]>
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<p>Joe Wright began his federal carrer in 1977 as a Border Patrol agent in San Diego with INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), an Insepector in San Ysidro, Miami International Airport, Deportation Officer.  He worked with the Customs Service, and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), retiring in 2007 -- later that year, beginning his contracting career as a private contractor that year.  Joe has spent four (4) years in Iraq &amp; Afghanistan, and is currently on contract with DOS (Department of State).</p><p>Special Guest: Joe Wright.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/oconustcl">Support OCONUS: The Contractor&#39;s Life</a></p>]]>
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