Military Professional Resources Inc. (MPRI) is a professional services company engaged in defense-related contracting in the United States and international markets. Incorporated by eight former senior military officers in 1988 MPRI is operated primarily by former military personnel and staffed by a wide range of other professionals required to provide our customers the best in support and assistance. MPRI is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with program offices in several states and foreign countries. The company's business focus is on the broad range of defense matters, law enforcement expertise, and leadership development in both the public and private sectors. As of 2003 MPRI is entering its 13th year and has over 700 employees.
MPRI is accused of involvement in so called dirty jobs for the US military, such as the training of the UCK in Macedonia during the Yugoslav conflicts, while at the same time it was officially selected by the Pentagon to train the Macedonian army. MPRI is also accused of having rebuilt the nearly defeated Croatian army in 1995 and having cooperated with the US military that flew air raids on Serb troops.
and abroad with professional services, specialized products, and integrated solutions for education, training, and operations.
Our programs are staffed with highly skilled men and women whose professionalism, ethics, integrity, and commitment to quality ensure mission accomplishment.
Competent, dedicated, experienced, and versatile, MPRI is respected around the globe for delivering quality results under often dangerous and arduous conditions.
For example, advice from MPRI (MilitaryProfessionalResources Incorporated), a firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, is generally credited with turning the ill-trained Croat militia into a professional-like army that carried out the highly successful “Operation Storm” in 1995 in which Croat soldiers captured the Serbian-held region of Krajina.
Private military contractors do not have to obey the military chain of command and are not bound by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the basis of military law in the United States.
The results are new possibilities for military efficiency and capabilities in applying business standards to military problems.However, the absence of regulation and oversight raises a series of worrisome dilemmas, particularly given the especially public nature of this new private industry.
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