It seems that the trend is moving towards the privitization of "war". Listed under Military Information of User Submitted Links are some sites of Private Military Companies. What is actually happening is that Governments and the UN alike are contracting out these companies so that their armies are not responsible for things if they go badly during a mission (for example Somalia). How do you feel about this trend?!

Companies such as MPRI have provided direct military contract services for the US in the Balkans training certain military forces there.
http://www.mpri.com/channels/home.html

Another company that provides discrete support to the US abroad is Dyncorp, read between the lines if you have to.
http://www.dyncorp.com/areas/index.htm

For your reading pleasure you can explore the following link:
http://free.freespeech.org/napalm74/main.html

An area that many overlook is air operations. This is considered a prime military function; the CF has on numerous occasions used heavy lift from other militaries and private firms. The United Nations does this as well, especially within Mission Areas. Private contract air operations are the buzz of the day. Rarely do you see military airlift in support of missions, unless the tasked nation provides their own, usually in support of their contingent.

There are numerous reports or purporting of private firms out there providing military contract services to the UN and in support of various national government foreign ventures.

Some are true many are not. But this move is based upon economic reasons, not some underlying motive. Standing military forces are not cheap and if you only need this service once in a blue moon, why not contract someone. Especially if that lucrative diamond interest, oh sorry, I digress.

About reading between the lines, just check out one of the shell companies of this DynCorp at http://www.dynmeridian.com/

Although this invasion by big business is kinda spooky, it is nothing new. Selling ones military services is the second oldest profession in the book, next to selling ones body. Hell, the Greek city states frequently hired cavalry, archers, and slingers from nearby lands to help support their citizen armies.

This people are Canadian based and do everything from Close Protection to consulting work for foreign militaries:
Globe Risk Holdings

An extremely similar company with an international client base: Armor Group

These people are extremely professional, and know what they are doing: Military Executives For Hire

Apparently, quite a few of these companies in the field are hiring former Candian Armed Forces members.

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e-mail prgram on the internet. Investigate for yourself. There are many benefits to using a web-based program as opposed to an ISP. As intelligent people, I would assume that one would understand that some of these companies will not openly discuss "the whole nine yards upfront". You will have to deal with them yourself and see what they have to say.

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