After Arocho-Burkart retired from the Army, she spent a year as a contractor with the Phoenix Consulting Group. During her stint with the company, Arocho-Burkart was reportedly handpicked by the Defense Intelligence Agency, which was then run by Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast, to teach "strategic debriefing." Fast was the most senior military intelligence officer serving in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. Arocho-Burkart was then hired as a civilian interrogation instructor at Fort Huachuca. Following the publication of her activities in Guantanamo, Arocho-Burkart was fired from her instructor job at Fort Huachuca.