From a cooking show special at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan to 216 lbs. of shrimp on the tiny remote island of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, DynCorp International (DI) programs celebrated Thanksgiving. A national holiday celebrated on various dates in several nations including the U.S., Thanksgiving is a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.

This year, the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP IV) served seven tons of turkey, three tons of prime rib, three tons of steamship round, two tons of shrimp cocktail and two tons of baked ham at six dining facilities (DFACs) in Afghanistan.

The Air Force Contract Augmentation Program (AFCAP IV) in Abu Dhabi, UAE built a decoratively lit palm tree from pineapple rinds and local palm fronds, and DI Food Service specialists and management were on hand to provide an excellent holiday meal to their soldiers and airmen.

DynCorp International’s corporate offices recently participated in a Blue Jeans for Breast Cancer fundraising effort to follow the Susan G. Komen (SGK) 3-Day in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.

Paying to wear jeans for a week contributed to more than $3,000 being raised for the SGK foundation to support research for a cure.

The annual three-day, 60 mile walk makes a real difference in the fight against breast cancer. Over the past 15 years and 163 events, the money SGK raised has been used to save lives, support community programs, and make huge strides in breast cancer research.

Flash flooding in Dallas-Fort Worth held off just long enough for eighteen holes to be played in the DynCorp International (DI) Journey of Hope Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, September 21. The tournament raised $143,000 for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) with donations from tournament sponsorships and raffles. 

Bonnie Carroll, president and founder of TAPS, joined DI and the players at the Fossil Creek Golf Course in Fort Worth, Texas for the tournament.

“It was an honor to be the beneficiary of the DynCorp International Journey of Hope golf classic,” said

TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll. “The day came off flawlessly and the weather was perfect – the rain held off until the very last golfer was on their last hole! We like to think our heroes in heaven were watching over us and kept the rain off those who are helping their loved ones!”

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DynCorp International (DI) has again earned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Diamond Award for Excellence in recognition of its commitment to aviation maintenance training for the CAL FIRE and United States Forest Service (USFS) FireWatch programs.

This is the third consecutive year the DI USFS FireWatch program has earned the award, and it is the seventh consecutive year for the DI CAL FIRE program. The award is given by the FAA to maintenance programs that provide at least twelve hours additional classroom/online training to 100% of the eligible maintenance technicians (in addition to the regular on-the-job training). Read More →

Just last year, DynCorp International’s (DI) Global IT Modernization (GITM) program partnered with a U.S. Embassy overseas and completed the first fully-remote installation of the Enterprise Converged Platform (ECP). ECP is the Department of State’s Bureau of Information Resource Management’s (IRM) new virtualized core IT infrastructure solution for overseas embassies and consulates. ECP is comprised of core infrastructure components (servers, storage, and switches) that are converged into a single, cohesive product, which is engineered, manufactured and supported by the vendor. Read More →