Operations
The task force was noted as operating in an autonomous fashion. In the only known operations which they conducted is that they conducted several missions with 20th Special Forces Group, in order to gather information from a local business possibly providing weapons and parts to create Improvised Explosive Devices that were catastrophic in the Diyala Province of Iraq. This operation was taken further with the help of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Paul Brinkley after his visit to the facility, when he provided the funding for satellite up-links, telephones, and other mission critical technology not only for the local business, but for local coalition forces to ensure the safety of the almost 1,900 employees.
The unit did not fall under operational control of the local unit at FOB Warhorse, but controlled by Multinational Force Iraq (MNFI). This was a hard concept for some members of the unit who were from traditional units outside of USACAPOC and USASOC. Members had custom patches with an insignia design that was branded on one unit members arm. The call sign of Whitewater was created by two members of the unit as an alternative to the name Blackwater Worldwide, in which instead of using armored vehicles, they were jokingly incorporate use of multiple Kawasaki Ninja ZX-9R to operate with and achieve mission goals, without taking any timed IEDs due to the high rate of traveling speed. That was easily aborted and ran as a joke, as it was intended to be.
Blackwater Worldwide was present during 2006 for operations, and instances occurred with joint missions, and their contract was not updated by DOS.
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