Sharp End International

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Sharp End International is a private military company (PMC) that trains Government and corporate entities. They offer services in Foreign internal defense (FID) to train companies working in a foreign environment. They claim to follow the standards of the Project Management Institute (PMI). The company uses mainly Australian and New Zealand ex-special forces instructors. ^[1]

1 Clients
2 History
3 Services
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Clients

Sharp End International's clients include Government Special Forces units and Corporate clients such as "petroleum companies, mining facilities, financial institutions, corporate identities or celebrities"^[2]

[edit] History

It is stated on their website that they have trained the "Ministerial Protection Details for the ‘New’ Iraqi Government, including the Prime Minister and Presidential Teams, as well as the Justice Protection Details for the US Marshalls Service in Baghdad." ^[3] They also provided "counter terrorism training to both the Police and Military in Iraq."^[4]

[edit] Services

Sharp end International's key services:^[5]

Assessment and analysis;
Technical surveillance countermeasures;
Tactical training;
Full-scale security;
Medical and Trauma training;
Protection operations and life support services to enable you to create and sustain a secure operational environment