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WhoWasInCommand.com is our free to use, public database of security force units and organizational structures, command personnel and areas of operation.
We have updated our data on the units and command chain of the Nigerian Army in Lagos in response to the reports of killings by the Nigerian Army of #EndSARS protesters in Lekki and Alausa,...
WhoWasInCommand can now be used in French. We've also updated our Research Handbook. Read on...
We're making a big list of all theĀ official websites and social media accounts of police, military and other security forces around the world. Here's how to help...
This weekend, security and human rights wonks received an early Christmas present from the U.S. Department of State: the Foreign Military Training and DoD Engagement Activities of Interest, 2018-2019. We turned it into data you can use.