Good to know before the Swiss became entirely neutral to all conflict, they were still entirely neutral - just donated their armies to whoever paid the most.
Isshh. They started, if I remember right, to REALLY cut down on the number of peoples that they sent to war, mostly because after a series of bloody battle they almost found themselves with a decimated male population. It kinda changes following the flow of history, but as a rule the Swiss take their neutrality VERY seriously. If you go as a merch, you're going yourself, and you can lose your citizenship for that ( It happened when during the WWII if I remember right. Some Swiss had a dual citizenship, so they decided to go and serve in the Wermacht. That was considered illegal ). As of now, only the Swiss Guard in service to the Papacy is "active" as a unit. Anyone else has always being considered strictly private individuals going on their own, and as of a ruling of the 1874 you cannot be recruited by a foreing state.
I think they made being a mercenary illegal, because there were battles between foreign countries where swiss people fought against swiss people. And so to stay neutral and avoid that brothers fight on opposite sides of wars, they just banned it.
@@Jonathan-sc8fq They'll side with anyone - just who pays the most. Seems pretty neutral to me. Esp if they end up getting into a financial race buying each other out
@@Jonathan-sc8fq that‘s the definition of neutral. You don‘t prefer anybody, and treat all parties equally. Its not pacifist, but it most definitely is neutral.
Important to note that the overwhelming majority of contractors are support personnel like flight instructors, mechanics, etc. The military runs on contractors.
Its pretty efficient too. Contract work in the US, even for the private sector, is getting MASSIVE. My dads in software, and doesnt even have a permanent normal job. Hes a contractor and earns like $75 an hour through it. I assume the same goes for the military. PMC's aint bad though. I remember when they rescued a few village members from islamic radicals, even though they werent paid to do it. They were originally hired to guard a french oil refinery somewhere in Africa, and basically helped airlift villagers to safety purely out of samiratan work. Only reason PMCs are villanized, is because of morons in journalism who know nothing about the modern corporate world imo.
@Honk Honk well thats part of the convenience of them, the nation cares very little of they die and you can cast them as villains or throw them under the bus as necessary because they serve your colors, but don't wear them.
@@honkhonk8009 It’s kinda sad. They all put the blame that PMC’s are villains. But, that’s the job that PMC has to go through since they aren’t legally protected from moral liability due to the questionable protection given from Geneva Conventions. Just like everyone else, it all depends on whether their good or not. But that depends on what the media wants us to see. Perhaps, disguising myself in contract jobs especially in war will be necessary… if I don’t want to get stoned at. (But, yeah. I really need money not because I want it. But if I can save human lives then I don’t mind doing that either since we’re all humans).
@@honkhonk8009Ther are two sides of merceneries. They can be pretty can save vilage, but they can also be the one rsiding that vilage, it all depends by the group.
Instructions very clear; started a PMC after being betrayed by my country, bought an oil rig in the Seychelles, developed the most advanced weapons system in the world, lost it all because of a crybaby with robot legs, got cloned without my permission, started a new PMC, got that destroyed by one of my clones, and now two of my clone sons are fighting over my shriveled corpse which is actually my third clone but one of the clones is just an arm and they're old men and *A HIDEO KOJIMA GAME*
as someone who was active duty, i heard about merc work and saw the pay. then I remember that you aren't protected at all by what the US armed forced does for you.
@@leichtgesalzener-kabeljaurogge Healthcare, job security, a secure way of making sure your money is sent to your next-of-kin if you die, education for you and your family, etc. Being a mercenary means you're on your own when it comes to protecting yourself.
@@devonmolina5200 You're compensated for that tho. I'd imagine the private sector would be willing to cover health and life insurance. As for education...A fat pay-cheque helps with that as well. And let's not act like working for the military makes you a saint either.
@@leichtgesalzener-kabeljaurogge mercenaries work (depending on company) can just throw you into the worst scenarios and let you die. The military has more resources like para-rescue. As not sure how protected you are in the case of war crimes.
@@devonmolina5200 Not to mention the backing and support of the US armed forces. You ain't getting shit like Air, Artillery, Naval, or Armored Support from the US unless your bosses worked it out before hand.
Honestly a soul is not worth that much since people find it so easy to take them and for $250,000 hell I would annihilate a city for that if it meant making my life a little easier.
@@christophermarkee5445 I don’t believe you would, otherwise you would already be working some big job or company that gets you that much every year through hard work. Or you’re the lazy type.
Part of the problem is that dignity doesn't have a calorie count and bills need paid, and precious few jobs have civilian equivalent training of any kind that'd be accepted. You can be high and mighty where you are, but a depressingly large number of people are having to choose between being a merc and being homeless because Uncle Sam don't give a fuck after EAS.
@@popopop984 nope not lazy just don't mind doing what it takes for personal interest since no one else will look out for mine $250,000 personal comfort and enrichment is worth my soul for what time I have on Earth.
It’s really easy to get recruited, just pray the boss isn’t trying to recruit you during a sandstorm… it’s a coin flip if they’re able to find your Fulton in the chaos.
I haven't watched it yet but if this is about what I think then I have a related story. I overheard someone share how his buddy was in... I think it was something along the royal guard or some insanely wleite force. Anyways his buddy had been in a warzone and was out on a mission with some mercenaries for some reason. He asked them about pay and they got like 5-10 times as much despite having no experience what so ever
It's always been more lucrative, no one is going to pay you to fight for your country, they will only keep you alive outside of combat. Mercenaries are a needed boost to what you don't already have in human resources. Human resources are always one of the most expensive premiums to gain outside of standard influx, especially on demand. It's kinda uniquely self-fulfilling in terms of it's worth as a job. At least while we still think the best way to draw lines on maps is with bullets.
My father used to work as a contractor. He described it in his own words: “Most of the time it was the most boring shit ever. Climb to 20,000 meters, and watch a tiny village. 1:24AM: terrorist walks out of building to piss. 1:25AM: terrorist walks back inside building. Imagine that, but every night for 2 months straight.” Edit: To clear it up. He was a contracted pilot, not a contracted soldier. 20,000 (or 20.000) meters is accurate. He flew during operation inherent resolve with the US Air Force as a contracted pilot
Most other jobs I can land will probably be even more boring but with the added bonus of not getting paid as much and doing it every night until I'm 75.
@@HailAzathoth Or it's 20.000 metres, depends on how you measure 20m. (in my countries we use a "," to seperate decimals, and "." to separate ×1000 factors)
@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 Travel across the world to go fight for France? France??? And they torture me too? No thanks. There is not a single benefit in that option for me personally.
One major thing is pmc's being flexible due to the detachment from the birocracy of the chain of command. If something is needed to be done immideatly then instead of going trough the chain of command you can thell the pmc to do it.
You do realize that its not only the military that does contract work right? Government agencies and private sector in general litterally run on contract work. My dads a contractor as a consultant for software engineering. Makes $75 an hour. idk much about the medicine industry, but I feel like theres alot of contracting work out there too. Even then though, since your college educated, you can prolly easily go into the military and skip alot of shit. I know alot of people with physics degrees and stuff instantly get into flight school to be a pilot for the air force, or to be some radar technician.
A fun fact for the history segment: Hungarian king Hunyadi Mátyás (AKA Matthias Corvinus) actually had an army made up of mostly mercenaries instead of state troops
Something to include when you state hos much US soldiers are payed. They are not paying for things the average person pays for. The military provides housing for them and their family, pays medical and dental bills, pays for food. And those are just the most important things. So if you calculate what the average American spends on those and then add that to the soldiers salary. That's their true pay.
@@williamchamberlain2263 Yep, some do, and there's the possibility you and your family gets other benefits depending on circumstances of your retirement or if you die during service. VA will cover education expenses for vets and if you get out with a 100% disability rating than dependents can also recieve a monthly stipend during any education after high-school. Some states even waive tuition and necessary fees for public colleges and universities. Only issue is that the actual VA circuits for assisting vets after service aren't great in many places and covid placed heavy strain on available resources for vets in regards to mental and physical treatment. Things the government can easily just pay for they'll do, but anything else is pretty lackluster unless you live in the right place.
Average discretionairy income in the US is $20,783 a year. Basically the same yeah. Surprisingly double that for officers and such. Deadass could pay off your mortgage in 12 years.
The thing is my friend, these are benefits that come with the job, eventually all these soldiers will retire, or leave. When they leave, they lose all those benefits and are only left with the time they spent solely honing their skills as soldiers and having to live with less money than if they worked a simpler job for the time they spent. Essentially, being a soldier lacks financial liquidity, and quitting is literally the opposite of "cashing in".
Honestly, the only real difference is that you probably need past military experience to get into the private sector. Or be willing to pass their fitness test, and then learn how to operate systems. A vast majority of mercenary work isn't combat, it's patrols, and downtime. If you can make something out of nothing, then you'd be a great fit. Hell, there are also non-combat roles for mercenarys too if you don't want to shoot at people. Keep in mind you'll be working with people you don't know, and probably can't trust. It's why I don't want to become a merc despite all the benefits. If I can't trust my co-workers not to quit on me in a warzone, then I'm not doing it. The pay is great, but considering a majority of the time you won't be fighting. It won't exactly be what you signed up for. I've looked into that line of work, and honestly thinking about it I have no real issues with killing people for money as long as they aren't small children. Issue is, I can't fully trust my teammates.
@@tonyjones1560 Could always try and get into non-combat related roles. Granted, if you're experience in the military was strictly combat related such as infantry, you might be out of luck. However, going to school for logistics is never too late. They pay mad stacks of cash for logistics people..
@@mvximus3188 I was wrong he retired as a 4 star general.. you’re not wrong that’s true in most cases but this dude was a pipe hitter and a great man and actually earned his commands.. Joseph Votel look him up..
Contracted for years. Never any “big name” PMC’s but I finally retired from Gladius International (formerly Leviathan Group) in January of 2021. Good money, better stories and never a dull moment. What a life. I genuinely enjoyed this video. Well, set aside that robot explaining everything.
If from a less action oriented branch of the military, another option to make this amount is to join the UN and do security work. Lot less dangerous from military action perspective, but can be dangerously boring and likely engages you in tons of pointless paperwork…. As always, good content, cudos to the Swag team. I however would have really liked to have a mention of EO and Sandline included, as these were significant actors at their times Especially EO set an impressive point of what a well trained and organised unit could do for a government with a small number of personnel and essentially one impressive piece of hardware. Just saying…. That brings in the aspect that not only the Cold War (and the end of it) had significant influence on PMCs rising, but also the end of apartheid in SA.
Glad to see a channel taking as much interest in the mercenary profession as I do. There’s just something so interesting about mercenaries, individuals who are so badass in combat that people pay top dollar for their combat prowess.
"I hate the anti-christ" "I hate the anti-christ" "I hate the anti-christ" ....one year later..... 250,000 a year? Sign me up for the anti-christs task Force!
I am 42yo with no military training. I wish i was 20yo again. I would go enroll in the US army and become a mercenary. I might be dead by now...but i would have enjoyed my life a lot more.
9:38 it's actually amazing how much pain the Army can put you through while still leaving you out of shape. The advice mercenary's given me is to enlist as a combat medic. PMC's usually want SOF vets, but medical training will get you a job easy.
My friend is PMC he was 11b in the army. He got a general discharge. He speaks Serbian, Russian, and English. He worked mostly in Ukraine training people since 2014. There are lots of PMC jobs for people who speak multiple languages fluently. Most of his coworkers are x special forces, but they only speak English. He was not special forces, but was chosen over other people because of his language skills. Also another acquaintance was a PMC but he was a construction worker in Iraq and never even touched a gun. They say green berets learn a language, but most of my buddies coworkers were green berets or navy seals but none of them know any other language but English.
I have a first class honours in chemistry and I’m looking at this more realistically as a job opportunity I’d want to explore because of the pay check lol… i guess that’s saying… something… I guess
0:28 I'm dying of laughter when I easily realized that the videos in the background are the mission briefings from Modern Warfare Remastered (Crew Expendable, The Bog, The Coup)
just to give a reason why the pay difference is so high is because the military covers nearly everything else for you health care housing and other stuff but it’s still too high
Nothing you said about army pay was technically wrong but a little clarification from a former soldier. A private fresh from basic gets promoted 3 times in less than 2 years and makes quite a bit more than 20k with those automatic promotions to PV2 pfc and specialist. A decent soldier can become a sergeant in 4 years, some sooner, some later. Also by the time you are a sergeant you will be moving out of the barracks soon and getting a monthly living stipend called BAH that is calculated based on rank, registered dependents and location of your duty station. This money is tax free and can be quite substantial. Obviously contractors will make more, and no soldier is getting rich, but it’s still a good living and requires no prior experience. Not a recruiter, just doing my best to let young people see the benefits of military service since it gets a bad rap.
I'm a high schooler. I've thought about joining a couple times, but I probably won't. But I'd like to ask is it fun in the military? Also is it worth the time? What type of skills do you learn there?
@@merma9042 I joined the reserves when I was 18. It was perfect for me because I was ready to leave home but not quite mature enough to be an adult on my own yet. The reserves/national guard allow you to serve part time and go to school or otherwise live your life (look this up on your own to learn the details), but I did find that it got in the way of things I wanted to do sometimes. I deployed once in 2018 for 9 months and made a good amount of money that allowed me to graduate college debt free and with about 40k in the bank although I was 2-3 years later than my peers to do this. As for skills, it depends what job you do but basic army skills are: organization, fitness, the best firearms training in America, driving (sometimes big trucks a civilian would need a CDL for), work ethic and plenty more. I’d recommend it for someone who knows what they want to do in life but doesn’t have a detailed plan to get there. The army won’t fix a lazy fuckup but it will give confidence and direction to someone who grew up without lots of motivation or purpose. Oh and it certainly was fun, even when it sucks worse than anything you’d ever see on the civilian side, you have buddies who are right there with you dealing with the same thing. That builds lifetime bonds in very short time because of the intensity of the experience. Hope that answers your questions.
"Not a recruiter, just shilling away for my government to trap young men in a job where they get rewarded with a wooden box and a flag over it on their flight home!"
@@ourtube4266 Only way to make it worth the bs is to go airborne. After your first half-decade active or so everything besides jumping out of aircraft gets boring as hell.
Anyone interested needs to understand that doing light PMC jobs like convoy security or fixed position work is ideal, but if things go south, you can be classified as a spy and executed in some area's
To be absolutely fair, that $20k and $40k salary is actually really good. You get housing, food, recreation, and basically everything accounted for. You end up with $20k in discretionairy income every year. Thats only $700 below the national average in the US. $250k only sounds good because your basically going into the military, but with zero rights since your a mercenary, zero support infrastructure, and you gotta pay for alot of shit yourself
Ive done PMC work after leaving the military. It's an extremely competitive job market. It took me several years after leaving the military advocating for myself, networking, contacting recruiters, building resumes, searching for contracts and getting turned down before I was offered a contract by Triple Canopy. Did 8 months in Afghanistan before I was injured 3 years later I'm still getting treatment. I'm a part of a group of contractors and from what I hear it's getting tougher to score contracts. On top of being former Special Operations and having combat deployments under your belt. You have to know the right people, maintain a security clearance from your time in service and compete with other special ops combat vets for the same position. If you have never served in combat arms and have no combat deployments you might as well play the lottery because you'll have a higher chance of winning that than getting a job contracting as a "mercenary"
how much u think ukrainian mercenaries, the "volunteers" are getting paid, considering it is literally ww2 over there, theyr not dealing with shepherds, i have heard estimates of 30k a month.
You were in regular job market between military and contract work? Did you get some insurance payout to help your rehabilitation or is the pay from 8 months covering it?
@@MindBlowerWTF I was, I worked shitty physical labor jobs on construction site, metal fabrication and factories before I got my first contract job. I filed a claim under the DBA (Defense Base Act) which is a category under federal workers compensation. It was a nightmare. I still haven't gotten my injury treated, but they decided to just give me $100k and tell me to deal with it myself. I'm currently getting ready for another contract job in Iraq.
After getting out of the United States Army and serving as a military police officer, I highly consider doing this, and had many chances and opportunities. But I figured it was best to try to branch out and do something else, so that’s what I did found a new career path probably for the best to.
A significant portion of PMCs that contracted for the US govt were actually aussies and Brits. $250k a year or $1 mill for a three year contract in some cases is a sh!t load of money to someone who’s done the same job for years working for peanuts.
Yeah, just remember if you get caught in a different country as a merc you're treated as a war criminal or an outright criminal and the likeliness of you being thrown in jail for life or executed is near enough 100% guaranteed.
what a great video, I always wanted to become a mercenary, and got accepted to join one for example the Ukraine SSO Spetsnaz with an offer of $10,000cad before the recruiter got injured in the first war, and was accepted for work in Australia for a 1-year work permit in the army, I am Canadian with only air cadets background, but I demonstrated too much knowledge and spoken a lot of different language's. and explained I run a Militia of my own in case of a war, but now most of us have charges. but I'm still accepted in my CAF as a combat engineer officer. with a plan set for CBRN. :)
Such elegance, using Genshin Impact characters as an example for PMC, Subscribed! After watching this, I realized that Pest Control services are also PMC in Humanity's war against pest species.
I have my whole life's plan my friends dad who is a Black Water mercenary told me after I said I want to become Recon Marine he actually gave good advice he didn't say like "just train" he said get an engineering degree in College and he said before I even join the military I have to prepare for the regiment he said "Wake up at around 5:00 and take a run 1 mile at least" and he also said just be confident in yourself and believe you can make it. Life's Plan Join the Marines Get all the training for Recon Marine Become Recon Marine Leave at age 30 because it's been a wild ride Get a contract for Black Water Hopefully by then I will have kids and teach them how to fight and in case if my ass gets in trouble leave them some stuff (Few hundred dollars, Pistol, supplement backpack, Passports) Get out of Black Water and be with my family.
Instructions unclear, fought for a patch of gravel in the badlands for a dude in blue against a dude in red, now fighting robots made by a dude in gray
@@swindle6644 I met some nice and friendly Americans there a couple of years ago. One of them, Jack, became a good friend of mine. We used to do Nerf Battles at that place! Haven't seen him in a long time, since he had to move away 😢
I went to college with a US army veteran who told me he wanted to work as a Private Military Contractor, but could not because he had a criminal record. I still feel bad listening to these things as serving in the marines is my failed childhood dream.
Step one: Enlist in the military for 4 years. So imagine doing 4 years as a successful mercenary after. That means its definitely not 250k a year, thats 8 years, plus what you made in the military (90k-125k)+(250k X 4) = $1,000,000 + $120,000 = *************** $1,120,000 - taxes, equipment, misc... Not worth destroying your body (maybe into a pink mist) IMO, thats essentially just breaking into 6 figures when you look at 8 years. Plus I have never heard of a $250,000 contract at this level.
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Sir Swag casually creating mercenary groups to use for his future coup d'etat. Gotta admire the dedication to a plan
They are gonna take over a government and they can probably do better the the government
If thats the case, sign me up for the sir swag revolution
I feel like having a group fighting for SS might need some rebranding
In order to beat his country all he needs is emus
big boss
Good to know before the Swiss became entirely neutral to all conflict, they were still entirely neutral - just donated their armies to whoever paid the most.
Isshh. They started, if I remember right, to REALLY cut down on the number of peoples that they sent to war, mostly because after a series of bloody battle they almost found themselves with a decimated male population. It kinda changes following the flow of history, but as a rule the Swiss take their neutrality VERY seriously. If you go as a merch, you're going yourself, and you can lose your citizenship for that ( It happened when during the WWII if I remember right. Some Swiss had a dual citizenship, so they decided to go and serve in the Wermacht. That was considered illegal ).
As of now, only the Swiss Guard in service to the Papacy is "active" as a unit. Anyone else has always being considered strictly private individuals going on their own, and as of a ruling of the 1874 you cannot be recruited by a foreing state.
I think they made being a mercenary illegal, because there were battles between foreign countries where swiss people fought against swiss people. And so to stay neutral and avoid that brothers fight on opposite sides of wars, they just banned it.
thats not neutral😭
@@Jonathan-sc8fq They'll side with anyone - just who pays the most. Seems pretty neutral to me. Esp if they end up getting into a financial race buying each other out
@@Jonathan-sc8fq that‘s the definition of neutral. You don‘t prefer anybody, and treat all parties equally. Its not pacifist, but it most definitely is neutral.
So basically get hired to do things that the militaries would find inconvenient to do themselves.
"Inconvenient"
Basically all that the US and Russia have been doing in Syria the last 2 decades
Also known as the dirty work they can accuse you of a war crime for when you ask for your paycheck.
That's the spirit!
So do the dirt work for scumbag billionaires...
Instructions unclear -
Started a PMC, worked for a weapons smuggler, ended up destabilising all of Central Africa
Implying it was stable to begin with, thos guy. 🤣🤣
hey, at least you aren't destroying the English language.
Then you fully understood the instructions.
I heard you were the one who took down The Jackal
Gotta love them blood diamonds tho
As a U.S. Marine about to retire and jump into the PMC line of work, this couldn't have dropped at a better time.
how do you get into contact with the people who need you? like where and how do you apply?
@@Shifty-t5z Depending on what they need, they're liable to be banging on your door more than the local base sleazy car salesman.
@@hewer3383 Lmaoo, I enjoyed my 6 years in but facts it's time to head out
Nice
Lmk how it goes cuz i might join as well
Important to note that the overwhelming majority of contractors are support personnel like flight instructors, mechanics, etc. The military runs on contractors.
Its pretty efficient too. Contract work in the US, even for the private sector, is getting MASSIVE.
My dads in software, and doesnt even have a permanent normal job. Hes a contractor and earns like $75 an hour through it.
I assume the same goes for the military.
PMC's aint bad though. I remember when they rescued a few village members from islamic radicals, even though they werent paid to do it. They were originally hired to guard a french oil refinery somewhere in Africa, and basically helped airlift villagers to safety purely out of samiratan work.
Only reason PMCs are villanized, is because of morons in journalism who know nothing about the modern corporate world imo.
@Honk Honk well thats part of the convenience of them, the nation cares very little of they die and you can cast them as villains or throw them under the bus as necessary because they serve your colors, but don't wear them.
@@honkhonk8009 It’s kinda sad. They all put the blame that PMC’s are villains. But, that’s the job that PMC has to go through since they aren’t legally protected from moral liability due to the questionable protection given from Geneva Conventions.
Just like everyone else, it all depends on whether their good or not. But that depends on what the media wants us to see. Perhaps, disguising myself in contract jobs especially in war will be necessary… if I don’t want to get stoned at. (But, yeah. I really need money not because I want it. But if I can save human lives then I don’t mind doing that either since we’re all humans).
@@honkhonk8009 the issue with some islamic radicals in africa is that they are native of the land.
So they might have shot the locals...
@@honkhonk8009Ther are two sides of merceneries. They can be pretty can save vilage, but they can also be the one rsiding that vilage, it all depends by the group.
Instructions very clear; started a PMC after being betrayed by my country, bought an oil rig in the Seychelles, developed the most advanced weapons system in the world, lost it all because of a crybaby with robot legs, got cloned without my permission, started a new PMC, got that destroyed by one of my clones, and now two of my clone sons are fighting over my shriveled corpse which is actually my third clone but one of the clones is just an arm and they're old men and
*A HIDEO KOJIMA GAME*
That is probably the most succinct and prompt retelling of metal gear I have ever seen.
I watched a four hour retelling of metal gear solid and this made so much more sense
Directed by Hideo Kojima
Boss will you train with me?
I saw the oil rig and I immediately knew what this was
as someone who was active duty, i heard about merc work and saw the pay. then I remember that you aren't protected at all by what the US armed forced does for you.
for example?
not meant to slander, i m just curious. ethics aside what are the perks that can rival vastly lower pay?
@@leichtgesalzener-kabeljaurogge Healthcare, job security, a secure way of making sure your money is sent to your next-of-kin if you die, education for you and your family, etc. Being a mercenary means you're on your own when it comes to protecting yourself.
@@devonmolina5200 You're compensated for that tho. I'd imagine the private sector would be willing to cover health and life insurance. As for education...A fat pay-cheque helps with that as well. And let's not act like working for the military makes you a saint either.
@@leichtgesalzener-kabeljaurogge mercenaries work (depending on company) can just throw you into the worst scenarios and let you die. The military has more resources like para-rescue. As not sure how protected you are in the case of war crimes.
@@devonmolina5200 Not to mention the backing and support of the US armed forces. You ain't getting shit like Air, Artillery, Naval, or Armored Support from the US unless your bosses worked it out before hand.
A man's soul is valuable, just depends who you're willing to sell it too, and how much you think your humanity is worth
Honestly a soul is not worth that much since people find it so easy to take them and for $250,000 hell I would annihilate a city for that if it meant making my life a little easier.
@@christophermarkee5445 what the fuck.
@@christophermarkee5445 I don’t believe you would, otherwise you would already be working some big job or company that gets you that much every year through hard work. Or you’re the lazy type.
Part of the problem is that dignity doesn't have a calorie count and bills need paid, and precious few jobs have civilian equivalent training of any kind that'd be accepted. You can be high and mighty where you are, but a depressingly large number of people are having to choose between being a merc and being homeless because Uncle Sam don't give a fuck after EAS.
@@popopop984 nope not lazy just don't mind doing what it takes for personal interest since no one else will look out for mine $250,000 personal comfort and enrichment is worth my soul for what time I have on Earth.
It’s really easy to get recruited, just pray the boss isn’t trying to recruit you during a sandstorm… it’s a coin flip if they’re able to find your Fulton in the chaos.
If you are S rank then the boss might put a bit more more effort and use a teleporter fulton variant.
He’s coming too? Roger that.
@@RonJeremy514 We do have to get out there and save Hideo, so yes the Boss is coming.
And once you're on base prepare to receive "combat training" from the boss A LOT
@@cabnbeeschurgr Gets run over by jeep, choked, punched in the face with bionic arm and then squirted with water gun: ''Thanks for that Boss!' O7'
Imagine if there was a group who contracted out top-level players to competitive teams like this for e-sports leagues.
esports teams are already private entities, the groups contracting out high-level players are the competitive teams
theres movies about that
@@Jonaxt Which ones?
how did you go from mercenaries to e-sports, lmao?
E-Mercs
I haven't watched it yet but if this is about what I think then I have a related story. I overheard someone share how his buddy was in... I think it was something along the royal guard or some insanely wleite force. Anyways his buddy had been in a warzone and was out on a mission with some mercenaries for some reason. He asked them about pay and they got like 5-10 times as much despite having no experience what so ever
It's always been more lucrative, no one is going to pay you to fight for your country, they will only keep you alive outside of combat. Mercenaries are a needed boost to what you don't already have in human resources. Human resources are always one of the most expensive premiums to gain outside of standard influx, especially on demand. It's kinda uniquely self-fulfilling in terms of it's worth as a job. At least while we still think the best way to draw lines on maps is with bullets.
@@skyumi6154 Continuing that last thought:
So long as we think that lines *need* to be drawn on maps...
@@StarstormHUN Thank you for adding this, missed that originally. Let's just be the World, or Earth. Please? Everyone?
@@skyumi6154 Exactly. Then work can begin on Earth 2 the sequel.
That's straight bullshit, because all PMC groups REQUIRE a security license, and some minimum experience.
In the absence of military training, most PMCs will also hire if the candidate is at least platinum ranked in R6 Siege.
It's like travel nursing, but for the military
it’s just the work is healing in reverse
@@jonathany1240 the traveling harmacist
@@radioxilent3232 😂😂
Unhealthcare
And as a mercenary you get to send more patients to the travel nurses. So it's win win.
My father used to work as a contractor. He described it in his own words:
“Most of the time it was the most boring shit ever. Climb to 20,000 meters, and watch a tiny village. 1:24AM: terrorist walks out of building to piss. 1:25AM: terrorist walks back inside building. Imagine that, but every night for 2 months straight.”
Edit: To clear it up. He was a contracted pilot, not a contracted soldier. 20,000 (or 20.000) meters is accurate. He flew during operation inherent resolve with the US Air Force as a contracted pilot
Most other jobs I can land will probably be even more boring but with the added bonus of not getting paid as much and doing it every night until I'm 75.
I don't mind if it's boring, so long as it pays well.
20,000 meters huh?
sounds like regular military but with vary high pay
@@HailAzathoth Or it's 20.000 metres, depends on how you measure 20m.
(in my countries we use a "," to seperate decimals, and "." to separate ×1000 factors)
Merc work will never stop. Geneva convention be damned.
Geneva? We're pirates, we don't even know where that is!
@@thecookiemeister5374 Filth! You will pay for your insolence!
@@thecookiemeister5374 this reference cloned for the war effort.
Geneva convention, Geneva suggestions...
@@morgatron4639that must be the motto of the US military, Israeli Defence Force & those PMCs
Now THIS is some quality content
So what is the best PMC for American citizens?
@@jonhenson5450 either the now xe services/academi the former black water company, or their competitor the SOC.
Very cool instructions, I’ve constructed a oil rig in the Seychelles and started doing operations in Afghanistan.
I understood that reference
Oh hey! I’m in the US Infantry and was wondering about this very thing after seeing my last paycheck lol
11B detected
I heard the French Foreign Legion is always hiring 😳😳😳
@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 But they pay like shit though
@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 Travel across the world to go fight for France? France??? And they torture me too? No thanks. There is not a single benefit in that option for me personally.
@@themanwithallthewrongopini3551 to get even less than Murican infantry ahahah
We're making the mother of all omelettes, Jack.
Can't fret over every egg
You see Jack, no matter what you do, you will never be based!
”We really were a Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Jack…”
It's reveangeance time jack
@AverageEnjoyer265 Well you see senator i have depicted you as a crying wojak. It's over for you
One major thing is pmc's being flexible due to the detachment from the birocracy of the chain of command. If something is needed to be done immideatly then instead of going trough the chain of command you can thell the pmc to do it.
That's still a chain of command😂
@@daytradersanonymous9955Technically yes but it's a lot shorter and a lot more direct
I love how professional this is but also how unprofessional it is
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
Is it because of the tts?
@@genoob5843The humour + editing more like
Well, as a med student this might be a option. There is always demand to have someone that fix as well as hurt. Better than drown in debt
You do realize that its not only the military that does contract work right? Government agencies and private sector in general litterally run on contract work.
My dads a contractor as a consultant for software engineering. Makes $75 an hour.
idk much about the medicine industry, but I feel like theres alot of contracting work out there too.
Even then though, since your college educated, you can prolly easily go into the military and skip alot of shit.
I know alot of people with physics degrees and stuff instantly get into flight school to be a pilot for the air force, or to be some radar technician.
Medical student? Those are fictional. Didn’t you learn how to market human slaves and their behavior in elementary school?
Now I want to join Atlas Corporation
"What you're seeing is _Advanced Warfare."_
Where's ma boy Gideon
I’d rather join Sentinel xD
@@kaelanirevyruun1676 enjoy your 70k a years. Irons treat us well.
“It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon…. for *TWELVE SECONDS*”
*tf2 music*
A fun fact for the history segment: Hungarian king Hunyadi Mátyás (AKA Matthias Corvinus) actually had an army made up of mostly mercenaries instead of state troops
Sigismund...
@@zythlan Cuman bastards.....
So did a lot of armies including Rome towards their finally years
“Professionals have standards”
You would think so, suppose thats why they have such a high price tag.
*_"BE POLITE, BE EFFICIENT, HAVE A PLAN TO KILL EVERYONE YOU MEET"_*
''Dad, dad I am not crazed gun man, I am an assasin! Wh...what..whats the difference? one is a job and other is a mental sicknes!''
@@krsmanjovanovic8607 "My parents, do not care for me"
Something to include when you state hos much US soldiers are payed. They are not paying for things the average person pays for. The military provides housing for them and their family, pays medical and dental bills, pays for food. And those are just the most important things. So if you calculate what the average American spends on those and then add that to the soldiers salary. That's their true pay.
Also, I've heard, some of the benefits persist after leaving the forces.
@@williamchamberlain2263 Yep, some do, and there's the possibility you and your family gets other benefits depending on circumstances of your retirement or if you die during service. VA will cover education expenses for vets and if you get out with a 100% disability rating than dependents can also recieve a monthly stipend during any education after high-school. Some states even waive tuition and necessary fees for public colleges and universities. Only issue is that the actual VA circuits for assisting vets after service aren't great in many places and covid placed heavy strain on available resources for vets in regards to mental and physical treatment. Things the government can easily just pay for they'll do, but anything else is pretty lackluster unless you live in the right place.
Average discretionairy income in the US is $20,783 a year. Basically the same yeah.
Surprisingly double that for officers and such.
Deadass could pay off your mortgage in 12 years.
The thing is my friend, these are benefits that come with the job, eventually all these soldiers will retire, or leave. When they leave, they lose all those benefits and are only left with the time they spent solely honing their skills as soldiers and having to live with less money than if they worked a simpler job for the time they spent. Essentially, being a soldier lacks financial liquidity, and quitting is literally the opposite of "cashing in".
Cops get medical dental etc and make over 60k a year without getting deployed halfway round the world and have 9-5 type shifts instead of 24/7
Time to join Outer Heaven
"In the new age, armies won`t be tied to states, and war will become business" - Kaz.
Long live MSF
Don't join
_create_
@@DepressedCrowI want to do that man sounds nice
God dammit! I was going to make a security/mercenary business, now he pulls out a tutorial for it.
Isn't this good for your business?
@@marianoclerici3986 More competition.
Honestly, the only real difference is that you probably need past military experience to get into the private sector. Or be willing to pass their fitness test, and then learn how to operate systems. A vast majority of mercenary work isn't combat, it's patrols, and downtime.
If you can make something out of nothing, then you'd be a great fit. Hell, there are also non-combat roles for mercenarys too if you don't want to shoot at people. Keep in mind you'll be working with people you don't know, and probably can't trust. It's why I don't want to become a merc despite all the benefits. If I can't trust my co-workers not to quit on me in a warzone, then I'm not doing it.
The pay is great, but considering a majority of the time you won't be fighting. It won't exactly be what you signed up for. I've looked into that line of work, and honestly thinking about it I have no real issues with killing people for money as long as they aren't small children. Issue is, I can't fully trust my teammates.
seek therapy schizo
real military is also extremely boring so that isn't much of a deterrent but yeah the trust issue would be a huge push towards not doing it
Same thing for the military you can’t trust people who aren’t competent in what they do lol
That realization tipped the scales to keep me out of Bosnia back in the 1990s…and now, alas, I’m too old and busted up to run and gun.
@@tonyjones1560 Could always try and get into non-combat related roles. Granted, if you're experience in the military was strictly combat related such as infantry, you might be out of luck.
However, going to school for logistics is never too late. They pay mad stacks of cash for logistics people..
I dated a girl whose dad was a 3 star general… “officially” their salary sais one thing but their net worth sais another… they’re all millionaires
A lot of generals already come from money, its how they are put in those positions.
@@mvximus3188 I was wrong he retired as a 4 star general.. you’re not wrong that’s true in most cases but this dude was a pipe hitter and a great man and actually earned his commands.. Joseph Votel look him up..
As the great Sundowner said, "Give war a chance!."
How else will an honest warmonger make a living.
When the sun sets, we will not forget, the red sun over paradise!
"Like the good ol´ days after 9-11."
Contracted for years. Never any “big name” PMC’s but I finally retired from Gladius International (formerly Leviathan Group) in January of 2021. Good money, better stories and never a dull moment. What a life. I genuinely enjoyed this video. Well, set aside that robot explaining everything.
what are some of your more interesting storys?
It’s nice to see such a large news organization such as sir swag to shout out the little guys like ground news
As a person who played Metal gear rising once I'm very familiar with PMCs
I know that videos like this aren't easy to make, props!!
Interesting video. Can't believe it's less than 20 minutes long, it feels like so much information as crammed in there
Ay I've been using ground news for a few months already and I'm really happy you guys got sponsored by them. It really is all it's hyped up to be.
If from a less action oriented branch of the military, another option to make this amount is to join the UN and do security work. Lot less dangerous from military action perspective, but can be dangerously boring and likely engages you in tons of pointless paperwork….
As always, good content, cudos to the Swag team.
I however would have really liked to have a mention of EO and Sandline included, as these were significant actors at their times Especially EO set an impressive point of what a well trained and organised unit could do for a government with a small number of personnel and essentially one impressive piece of hardware. Just saying….
That brings in the aspect that not only the Cold War (and the end of it) had significant influence on PMCs rising, but also the end of apartheid in SA.
EO as an Equal Opportunity?
@@bobafett979 Executive Outcomes, as in the private military company
@@NoMoreMyFriend-S gotta teach me what the different PMCs are, it’s an industry I want to get into. Unfortunately I’m in a POG MOS in the Army…
Glad to see a channel taking as much interest in the mercenary profession as I do. There’s just something so interesting about mercenaries, individuals who are so badass in combat that people pay top dollar for their combat prowess.
Remember. Mercs are not protected by the geneva convention.
They don't care about it 🕶 time to find "special" weapons
Mercs should get the firing squad
But can still be convincted of warcrimes.
@@fitmotheyap woud care if captured
@@andresmartinezramos7513 Why? because they fight for the better pay instead of the US Flag?
"I hate the anti-christ"
"I hate the anti-christ"
"I hate the anti-christ"
....one year later.....
250,000 a year? Sign me up for the anti-christs task Force!
The virgin UN blue helmets vs the chad 250k annum PMC
Ironically, most western PMC's have done more good samartin work and more good for the world, than the UN blue helmets would have ever hoped to do.
@@honkhonk8009 like what?
@@JamesBongo like killing orphans
@@w3ss3x They ain't orphans anymore, now their just bodies!
I am 42yo with no military training. I wish i was 20yo again. I would go enroll in the US army and become a mercenary. I might be dead by now...but i would have enjoyed my life a lot more.
9:38 it's actually amazing how much pain the Army can put you through while still leaving you out of shape.
The advice mercenary's given me is to enlist as a combat medic. PMC's usually want SOF vets, but medical training will get you a job easy.
Hey man idk if you can offer anymore advice but I’m looking at going into the industry after serving.
Do you know any companies or where to start ?
My friend is PMC he was 11b in the army. He got a general discharge. He speaks Serbian, Russian, and English. He worked mostly in Ukraine training people since 2014. There are lots of PMC jobs for people who speak multiple languages fluently. Most of his coworkers are x special forces, but they only speak English. He was not special forces, but was chosen over other people because of his language skills. Also another acquaintance was a PMC but he was a construction worker in Iraq and never even touched a gun. They say green berets learn a language, but most of my buddies coworkers were green berets or navy seals but none of them know any other language but English.
Armies and militaries are fictional. Humans market slaves as part if armies/militaries.
How can you leave school after 2000 and only know one language?
mercenary buffs:
You're in military
You're Paid
Mercenary debuffs:
The fucking Geneva Convention CANNOT HELP YOU
But it can still put you in prison for the next 20 years
@@howtomundane3109 facts, if only the people that created those rules follows them
17:12 this is the plot of COD: Advanced Warfare
So what you're saying is _what we're seeing is Advanced Warfare._
The guys in the movie "13 hours" were mostly mercenaries. Food for thought.
Most private contracting is in a race to the bottom now. Pay rates are about half what they used to be.
You should interview a real PMC
Most mercenaries are ex special forces, I doubt someone without special operations experience would do well as a mercenary.
time to switch majors. Which college has those courses?
I have a first class honours in chemistry and I’m looking at this more realistically as a job opportunity I’d want to explore because of the pay check lol… i guess that’s saying… something… I guess
Chemistry isn't in big demand for PMC's really. They're more war, less meth. If you were more medical you'd be an option.
Now we got US private sectors training the Chinese.
Without Uncle Sam's consent. Those small PMC companies can expect to never receive a contract from the US now.
This is what I’ve been searching for for a while
A tutorial
Now… I have a dream.
YOU GUYS GOT MORE SPONSORS! Heck yeah!! Get that bread
0:28 I'm dying of laughter when I easily realized that the videos in the background are the mission briefings from Modern Warfare Remastered (Crew Expendable, The Bog, The Coup)
Next video : How to earn $500000 as a drug lord
BrBa theme intensifies
Most merc work is just standing there and looking tough
Ferb I know what we are gonna do today
*tf2 theme intensifies*
just to give a reason why the pay difference is so high is because the military covers nearly everything else for you health care housing and other stuff but it’s still too high
A great video, especially the parts talking about legalities and why mercenaries are used.
[tutorial] [not clickbait]
The masculine urge to play “the man who sold the world” to building a PMC for the hell of it
Nothing you said about army pay was technically wrong but a little clarification from a former soldier. A private fresh from basic gets promoted 3 times in less than 2 years and makes quite a bit more than 20k with those automatic promotions to PV2 pfc and specialist. A decent soldier can become a sergeant in 4 years, some sooner, some later. Also by the time you are a sergeant you will be moving out of the barracks soon and getting a monthly living stipend called BAH that is calculated based on rank, registered dependents and location of your duty station. This money is tax free and can be quite substantial. Obviously contractors will make more, and no soldier is getting rich, but it’s still a good living and requires no prior experience.
Not a recruiter, just doing my best to let young people see the benefits of military service since it gets a bad rap.
I'm a high schooler. I've thought about joining a couple times, but I probably won't. But I'd like to ask is it fun in the military? Also is it worth the time? What type of skills do you learn there?
@@merma9042 I joined the reserves when I was 18. It was perfect for me because I was ready to leave home but not quite mature enough to be an adult on my own yet. The reserves/national guard allow you to serve part time and go to school or otherwise live your life (look this up on your own to learn the details), but I did find that it got in the way of things I wanted to do sometimes. I deployed once in 2018 for 9 months and made a good amount of money that allowed me to graduate college debt free and with about 40k in the bank although I was 2-3 years later than my peers to do this.
As for skills, it depends what job you do but basic army skills are: organization, fitness, the best firearms training in America, driving (sometimes big trucks a civilian would need a CDL for), work ethic and plenty more.
I’d recommend it for someone who knows what they want to do in life but doesn’t have a detailed plan to get there. The army won’t fix a lazy fuckup but it will give confidence and direction to someone who grew up without lots of motivation or purpose.
Oh and it certainly was fun, even when it sucks worse than anything you’d ever see on the civilian side, you have buddies who are right there with you dealing with the same thing. That builds lifetime bonds in very short time because of the intensity of the experience. Hope that answers your questions.
"Not a recruiter, just shilling away for my government to trap young men in a job where they get rewarded with a wooden box and a flag over it on their flight home!"
@@merma9042 definitely a recruiter my man
@@ourtube4266 Only way to make it worth the bs is to go airborne. After your first half-decade active or so everything besides jumping out of aircraft gets boring as hell.
What a wonderful way to start off my Tuesday.
Wonderful way to start my Wednesday
I love how this video comes out almost ten years after grunts stopped consistent combat deployments
Immagine being a powerful mercenary just to get deleted by a single man with a robot
like the knight and the crossbow
Anyone interested needs to understand that doing light PMC jobs like convoy security or fixed position work is ideal, but if things go south, you can be classified as a spy and executed in some area's
Instructions unclear: joined a PMC group and now I am forced to salute and yell “BOSS” every time I see a man with a missing arm or an eyepatch.
4:45 got me sayin' "Like the good old days after 9/11!"
To be absolutely fair, that $20k and $40k salary is actually really good.
You get housing, food, recreation, and basically everything accounted for.
You end up with $20k in discretionairy income every year.
Thats only $700 below the national average in the US.
$250k only sounds good because your basically going into the military, but with zero rights since your a mercenary, zero support infrastructure, and you gotta pay for alot of shit yourself
20k a year is very low pay. Most people are making 40-50k yearly.
@@theonlineanimal6009 he literally explained why he thinks that 20k in military equals to 50k outside of it.
Ive done PMC work after leaving the military. It's an extremely competitive job market. It took me several years after leaving the military advocating for myself, networking, contacting recruiters, building resumes, searching for contracts and getting turned down before I was offered a contract by Triple Canopy. Did 8 months in Afghanistan before I was injured 3 years later I'm still getting treatment. I'm a part of a group of contractors and from what I hear it's getting tougher to score contracts. On top of being former Special Operations and having combat deployments under your belt. You have to know the right people, maintain a security clearance from your time in service and compete with other special ops combat vets for the same position. If you have never served in combat arms and have no combat deployments you might as well play the lottery because you'll have a higher chance of winning that than getting a job contracting as a "mercenary"
Ya the hay day of pmc cowboys is long gone
Comes and goes dawg.
how much u think ukrainian mercenaries, the "volunteers" are getting paid, considering it is literally ww2 over there, theyr not dealing with shepherds, i have heard estimates of 30k a month.
You were in regular job market between military and contract work? Did you get some insurance payout to help your rehabilitation or is the pay from 8 months covering it?
@@MindBlowerWTF I was, I worked shitty physical labor jobs on construction site, metal fabrication and factories before I got my first contract job. I filed a claim under the DBA (Defense Base Act) which is a category under federal workers compensation. It was a nightmare. I still haven't gotten my injury treated, but they decided to just give me $100k and tell me to deal with it myself. I'm currently getting ready for another contract job in Iraq.
Man trying to found the apex predators
Wait, the first mercenary group was founded by Sterling and Woodhouse? Is that what the spy agency in Archer is based on?
i believe that would be the nubians but there was a fine line between slavery and mercenary work back in ye olden times.
@@tomwaits9027 "All right, folks! First soldier to get a kill gets to eat this week!"
I've Always Loved America.
I've Always Loved my Ghetto.
I've Always Loved you Hayden Panettiere.
I'll Always Love you Hayden Panettiere.
After getting out of the United States Army and serving as a military police officer, I highly consider doing this, and had many chances and opportunities. But I figured it was best to try to branch out and do something else, so that’s what I did found a new career path probably for the best to.
how much u think ukrainian foreign legion are paid
@@kevin-rx3hv wouldn’t even want to assume
@@FeistyST u think its a lot? i heard estimates up to 30k a month
@@kevin-rx3hv I would hope so, they deserve it.
Instruction Not clear: Trapped in the Norvinsk Economic region and i lost communication with command
I like how some onlyfans models would be fully caple of having their own private armies
A significant portion of PMCs that contracted for the US govt were actually aussies and Brits. $250k a year or $1 mill for a three year contract in some cases is a sh!t load of money to someone who’s done the same job for years working for peanuts.
Yeah, just remember if you get caught in a different country as a merc you're treated as a war criminal or an outright criminal and the likeliness of you being thrown in jail for life or executed is near enough 100% guaranteed.
Seeing Rattenschwanz as the background footage made my Czech heart proud :)
what a great video, I always wanted to become a mercenary, and got accepted to join one for example the Ukraine SSO Spetsnaz with an offer of $10,000cad before the recruiter got injured in the first war, and was accepted for work in Australia for a 1-year work permit in the army, I am Canadian with only air cadets background, but I demonstrated too much knowledge and spoken a lot of different language's. and explained I run a Militia of my own in case of a war, but now most of us have charges. but I'm still accepted in my CAF as a combat engineer officer. with a plan set for CBRN. :)
Such elegance, using Genshin Impact characters as an example for PMC, Subscribed!
After watching this, I realized that Pest Control services are also PMC in Humanity's war against pest species.
Mercenaries and Bounty Hunters are the coolest
I have my whole life's plan my friends dad who is a Black Water mercenary told me after I said I want to become Recon Marine he actually gave good advice he didn't say like "just train" he said get an engineering degree in College and he said before I even join the military I have to prepare for the regiment he said "Wake up at around 5:00 and take a run 1 mile at least" and he also said just be confident in yourself and believe you can make it.
Life's Plan
Join the Marines
Get all the training for Recon Marine
Become Recon Marine
Leave at age 30 because it's been a wild ride
Get a contract for Black Water
Hopefully by then I will have kids and teach them how to fight and in case if my ass gets in trouble leave them some stuff (Few hundred dollars, Pistol, supplement backpack, Passports)
Get out of Black Water and be with my family.
Isn't black water no longer active?
"ooh make lot's of money for having questionable morals and fitting in society? Sign me in"
first step: Join the military
"never fucking mind"
You would be joining a military anyway why’d you even consider?
What did you think ? That there was demand for unskilled individuals?
Your AI voice over is a show stopper for me. Thanks
OK I'm going to be a mercenary
*TF2 music plays*
Instructions unclear, fought for a patch of gravel in the badlands for a dude in blue against a dude in red, now fighting robots made by a dude in gray
Morally grey job, understatement of the year. I've had some friends in PMC do some really really grey stuff
Like #0a0a0a kind of grey?
@Joe Ah that one. I remember having fun times with my Homie Jack there
@@howtomundane3109 ayo wtf?!
@@swindle6644 I met some nice and friendly Americans there a couple of years ago. One of them, Jack, became a good friend of mine.
We used to do Nerf Battles at that place!
Haven't seen him in a long time, since he had to move away 😢
So gray that the best paying PMC job is being an "Advanced Interregater"
The title could also be: How to survive a year as a mercenary 😂
I played TFC and TF2 for 12 years now ……. I think I can handle being a Merc .
The reason mercenarys exist is to change geneva convention to geneva suggestion
I went to college with a US army veteran who told me he wanted to work as a Private Military Contractor, but could not because he had a criminal record. I still feel bad listening to these things as serving in the marines is my failed childhood dream.
Mother: what if you fail school
Me:
This is 1/4 of the plot of Metal Gear Solid 4
And V, and Peace Walker, and a bit of MGR,
Step one: Enlist in the military for 4 years.
So imagine doing 4 years as a successful mercenary after. That means its definitely not 250k a year, thats 8 years, plus what you made in the military (90k-125k)+(250k X 4) = $1,000,000 + $120,000 =
***************
$1,120,000 - taxes, equipment, misc...
Not worth destroying your body (maybe into a pink mist) IMO, thats essentially just breaking into 6 figures when you look at 8 years. Plus I have never heard of a $250,000 contract at this level.