Security Contracting was written by a contractor for contractors. Author Jake Allen served as an Infantry Officer in the United States Marine Corps before embarking on a career as a private security contractor and global risk and security consultant. He has worked extensively throughout Iraq as well as in other hostile and high threat regions. Jake is known across the private military and security circuit for his strait forward, no-nonsense, assessments of both the capabilities and the limitations of private security companies.
Many of his views on contracting can be found at the popular contracting blog The Combat Operator. His articles have also appeared on sites such as Feral Jundi, Free Range International and DefenseTech. Jake has been a guest on numerous radio programs and podcasts and he continuously serves as a source of ‘ground truth’ information for journalists, authors and academics covering or studying the private security sector. Jake continues to work as a security consultant as well as serving as a contributing editor at-large for the Private Military Herald. All who have served with Jake in the Marines or who have contracted with him hold him in high regard and can attest to his integrity and professionalism.
