Sharp End International is a private military company

Private military company

A private military company or provides military and security services. These combatants are commonly known as mercenaries, though modern-day PMCs refer to their staff as security contractors, private military contractors or private security contractors, and refer to themselves as private military...

 (PMC) that trains Government and corporate entities.
They offer services in Foreign internal defense

Foreign internal defense

Foreign internal defense is a term used by a number of Western militaries, including the United States, France and the United Kingdom, to describe an approach to combating actual or threatened insurgency in a foreign state called the Host Nation . The term counter-insurgency is more commonly used...

 (FID) to train companies working in a foreign environment. They claim to follow the standards of the Project Management Institute

Project Management Institute

The Project Management Institute is a not-for-profit professional organization for the project management profession with the purpose of advancing project management.- Overview :...

(PMI). The company uses mainly Australian and New Zealand ex-special forces instructors.

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"

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 Marshals Service in Baghdad." They also provided "counter terrorism training to both the Police and Military in Iraq."

Services

Sharp end International's key services:

• 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

External links

• Sharp End International homepage