I have talked about the Rwandan genocide in past posts, and I think it is worthy to bring up the anniversary of that horrific event.  Truly awful. -Matt 
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“We Were Lying in Pools of Blood”
April 12, 2009
On the 15th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, survivors recall how the world abandoned them in their hour of […]

“The civilian contractors have played an indispensable role in the two conflicts, delivering fuel to frontline troops, guarding U.S. diplomats and translating for soldiers during dangerous raids. More than 1,400 civilian workers have died and 31,000 have been wounded or injured in the two war zones.”
     Wow, ‘indispensable’?  That is actually pretty kind, and for […]

    This is a treat.  Jake Allen has put together a brand new project that I am pretty excited about and it’s called the Private Military Herald. The fun part about this site and all of the other blogs and sites that have been created over the last year, is to see how they evolve and […]

   Ah yes, more history.  This stuff never slips into the conversation about our early history here in the US, and I thought this little factoid is certainly relevant to today’s discussion.  Using security contractors to defend ships is possible, is not that crazy of an idea, and we even took the concept a little […]

“A little piece of home.”  By John Chapman and ‘Duke’ over at LMS Defense.
Link Here.

 
Close Protection Position
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Region Global
Country Global, Afghanistan, Iraq  
Department Project Management
Role Type Close Protection
 Job Purpose
The Individual is expected to have sufficient training and flexibility to be able to undertake the role of a Close Protection Officer as detailed below.
The operator will be chosen for his experience, ability to work independently and without supervision.
·The Close Protection […]

   So there you have it, a legal framework for how to deal with piracy or fire up the privateer machine to go after these Somali pirates.  It’s a little old, but blow off the dust and do a little tweaking, and these old laws could definitely be applied to this modern day scourge of piracy
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   I thought I would post this, as a resource for anyone interested.  It is interesting that Feral Jundi has been in existence for over a year now, and I would have thought that maybe someone from this group would have liked to talk with either myself or Jake or whomever.  I do not consider […]