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36as part of overall base security as long as this does not affect the terms of their contract,but are generally unable to commit to other activities. They will seldom agree toundertake any combined security response and this leaves national armed forces tobear the burden for all responses to enemy action, including battlefield recovery,clearing patrols and counter-attacks. This can lead to friction between national armedforces and PMC over the perception that PMC are not pulling their weight. This frictionis often exacerbated as PMC personnel are denied access to military facilities or nationalarmed forces’ resources are diverted to assist PMC units. Despite such irritants, goodworking relationships can be developed through effective liaison, particularly at a locallevel. 128128 Based on the author’s experience while serving as Base Security Officer at Camp Slayer, Baghdad, in2004–2005 and on the accounts of others with similar responsibilities.