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<blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 1708954" data-attributes="member: 893">That's a very hollywodised view.&nbsp; You're probably thinking of the guys working for some tin pot dictator or drug kingpin just waiting for (insert the name of your favorite action hero) to come along and blow their brains out with style.&nbsp; My dad lives and works in the oilpatch in Equador and Columbia.&nbsp; The officers of the private &quot;security force&quot; hired to protect their wellsites are formed in a large part of former SAS.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Well your average special forces soldier makes between 30 and 40 K a year during peacetime.&nbsp; He could easally expect to double that by working for the private sector.&nbsp; There are a lot of very well trained well equiped mercenary companies out there with very good professional reputations.Personally I see GI Joe as something along the lines of the French Foreign Legion.&nbsp; Though under the control of the US goverenement recruitment is open to all who manage to pass their stringent entry requirements.&nbsp; They are technically speaking a mercenary company due to the fact that their existance is denied by the US goverenment&nbsp; but the upper ranks are all former US servicemen (and women) which helps esure the loyalty of the organization as a whole.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imperialus, post: 1708954, member: 893"] That's a very hollywodised view. You're probably thinking of the guys working for some tin pot dictator or drug kingpin just waiting for (insert the name of your favorite action hero) to come along and blow their brains out with style. My dad lives and works in the oilpatch in Equador and Columbia. The officers of the private "security force" hired to protect their wellsites are formed in a large part of former SAS. Why? Well your average special forces soldier makes between 30 and 40 K a year during peacetime. He could easally expect to double that by working for the private sector. There are a lot of very well trained well equiped mercenary companies out there with very good professional reputations. Personally I see GI Joe as something along the lines of the French Foreign Legion. Though under the control of the US goverenement recruitment is open to all who manage to pass their stringent entry requirements. They are technically speaking a mercenary company due to the fact that their existance is denied by the US goverenment but the upper ranks are all former US servicemen (and women) which helps esure the loyalty of the organization as a whole. [/QUOTE]

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