 GLS has also reported that it has received its 6th consecutive "outstanding" award fee from the government in Q1 2011.In 2013 US Linguists, which were working for GLS in Kuwait through a Kuwaiti sponsorship company, faced a lot of difficulties because of a dispute between GLS and the sponsorship company.As a result, for a period of time nearly 100 American civilians working as Arabic linguists on camps Buehring and Arifjan, two major Army bases in the Middle East, were unable to leave either post because they were at risk of being detained by Kuwaiti police, who have no authority inside base gates.