Founded in 2003, Triple Canopy delivers security and protection solutions to governments and private corporations worldwide. Securing success for its clients, the company integrates assessment and analysis, technical surveillance countermeasures, tactical training and full-scale security and protection operations.

Triple Canopy, Inc. is a privately held company based in Herndon, VA. Herndon is the third-largest town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. ... VA may mean: the SI volt-amp unit of apparent power the USPS postal state code for Virginia (formerly Va. ...

In September 2005, four security professionals contracted by Triple Canopy were killed while in protective security operations for the U.S. Department of State in Basra (Iraq) [1]. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... Location of Basra Basra (also spelled BaÅŸrah or Basara; historically sometimes written Busra, Busrah, and the early form Bassorah; Arabic: , Al-Basrah) is the second largest city of Iraq with an estimated population of c. ...

Staff

• CEO is Lee Van Arsdale, technical advisor for the movie Black Hawk Down.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Black Hawk Down is a 2001 film by Ridley Scott, based on the book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden. ...

Other meaning

Triple canopy also refers to the distinction among U.S. Army personnel of having earned all of the Ranger, Airborne, and Special Forces tabs. The United States Army Ranger School is an intense nine-week long combat leadership course, conducted in three three-week phases - at Fort Benning, Georgia, U.S.A., (the woodland terrain, Benning Phase), at Camp Merrill, Georgia, (the Mountain Phase), and at Camp Rudder, (Eglin AFB), Florida, (the Swamp Phase). ... The Airborne School is run by the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Infantry, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. ... Special Forces Tab The Special Forces Tab is a decoration of the United States Army which is awarded to any service member who completes the Special Forces Qualification Course, or the Special Forces Officer Course, at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ...

External links

• [2] Licensed to Kill, Hired Guns in the War on Terror by Robert Young Pelton (Crown, Sept 1, 2006)
• Triple Canopy Web Site
• critical page from Sourcewatch
• NY Times article on the creation of Triple Canopy

Not to be confused with Triple Canopy Productions, founded by W. Hock Hochheim who produces books, dvds and conducts seminars on Hand, Stick, Knife and Gun Close Quarter Combat. http://www.hockscqc.com SourceWatchs logo features a magnifying glass through which its name can be seen. ...