The United States maintains military bases, embassies, and other installations throughout the world. Many of the services needed to support these facilities in foreign lands are performed pursuant to a government contract with a third-party. Thus, a large portion of the individuals that service foreign United States bases and embassies are not citizens of the United States. What happens when …

The U.S. Department of State is the principal agency for managing diplomatic relations and, along with the Department of Defense, the United States’ presence in foreign nations. As part of its mission, the U.S. Department of State maintains embassies and consulates throughout the world and helps protects Americans traveling and working abroad by issuing travel advisories when circumstances and events …

The United States Department of Defense maintains hundreds of domestic and international military installations. Military installations include bases, camps, posts, stations, yards, and centers that support military operations and are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. According to the most recent Base Structure Report issued by the Department of Defense, the United States maintains almost 600 overseas military …

Civilian contractors work all over the globe in support of the mission of the United States Departments of Defense and State. Contractors are specialized professionals, former military, and other skilled trades that help sustain U.S. military installations abroad. When individuals are injured or killed overseas while working for a government contractor federal law provides an array of benefits aimed at …

For individuals, businesses, and institutions seeking information on The Defense Base Act, injuredoverseas.com is a valuable resource.  News outlets have discovered as much, utilizing the law website in a recent story covering the plight of Doctors Without Borders for international support in the wake of the bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan. In seeking to share information about the Defense …

When a nation goes to war, uniformed military personnel are not the only people contributing to the effort, even in the zone of combat itself. While the deployment of private contractors in the company of military forces is hardly a new development – early artillery of the 16th century was kept supplied and even crewed by civilian contractors until the …

According to a recent piece in BloombergBusiness, over 8,000 American citizens died from unnatural causes while traveling abroad during the past ten years. The cause of many of these deaths are rather ordinary. Accidents lead the list in Canada, car accidents are the top cause in much of South America, motorcycle accidents are the top killer in Vietnam, Indonesia, and …

The tragic case of Kayla Mueller, the American aid worker kidnapped by ISIS and repeatedly sexually assaulted by its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, highlights the dangers facing overseas aid and relief workers. Sadly, reporting by the UK Guardian demonstrates that Mueller’s case, though shocking in its extremity, is hardly unique. While the true extent of the problem is hard to …

The country of Nepal was devastated by earthquakes on April 25 and May 12 of this year. Over 8,000 people were killed and over 14,000 injured.  More than 530,000 buildings destroyed. The U.S. Government has provided aid and assistance equaling almost $47,000,000 in aid as of May 19. In any major relief effort, however, more than dollars flow across borders: …

The rise of ISIS in Iraq has prompted renewed U.S. involvement in military operations there, including the deployment of limited numbers of American troops. The deployment of personnel to such a volatile and dangerous locale as Iraq is likely to produce injuries and, unfortunately, casualties. Naturally, we think in terms of military personnel when considering such dangers. But soldiers, saliors, …

To View On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXzhrHBG_dA Upon hearing the words “Defense Base Act” you might assume that it applies to those in the military or working on national defense. In reality, it affects many people doing all kinds of work–including you.   The Defense Base Act is a tool to protects civilian contractors working throughout the world pursuant to U.S. government contracts. …

What is a Stipulation? By Samuel Frankel, Esq. The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, and its extensions, such as the Defense Base Act and the Non-Appropriated Funds Instrumentalities Act, are the federal version of workers’ compensation.  As a workers’ compensation law, these Acts require Employers and their insurance Carriers to provide medical and lost wage benefits to covered employees …