 Private Military Companies, Mercenaries rising to prominance again |
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 Oct 30 2003, 01:42 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 2-September 03 From: San Antonio Member No.: 5,571  |
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentSe...ol=968705899037
http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/icij...pter&ChapNum=1p http://www.privatemilitarycompany.com/ Just found this rather interesting. Standing armies employing hired add-ons looks to be a trend which will continue for some time yet. |
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Oct 30 2003, 02:10 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
a large part of why this business is booming is that the military provides high-end training as part of your enlistment. if you get out, they gummint will turn around and offer you competitive pay to do the job the military trained you for, and you get a lot of the perks of being a federal employee. in my unit, there's a contractor who, four years ago, got out of the military from this same unit. he got picked up by DynCorp and got placed here--all without ever having to leave the area.
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