The lesson learned from the terrorist attack on the USS Cole – the bombing in Yemen’s Aden port in 2000 killed 17 sailors on the U.S. Navy destroyer – applied equally to supertankers, cargo vessels or cruise ships, he said: allowing small vessels alongside carries significant risks.
 Murray said companies were for various reasons reluctant to […]

     Sounds like a great opportunity for the guys across the pond.  Please note that this company is seeking ‘former members of the British armed forces’. It is also nice to see the company will be fielding positions that are ‘armed’ as well.
     I am not the POC or the recruiter for this […]

     “My company has a new division called Shiprotek. I’m taking a team of ex-military guys to ride onboard ships going up the coast of Somalia and kill pirates.  Well, I shouldn’t say that — our aim is to scare them off, but our job is to protect the ship, whatever it takes. We’ll […]

     Thanks to Gary for sending me this.  The thing that really got me with this, and with Gary, is that this crew was put in this position of fighting for their lives and having to kill these pirates.  We are talking about seaman from all around the world, who are not trained, who […]

     First piracy, and now cartels are threatening to blow up dams?  This Falcon Lake sounds like quite the party zone. lol -Matt
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This 2001 photo shows Falcon Dam, a reservoir on the lower Rio Grande, that reportedly was threatened.
Agents feared Mexican drug cartel attack on border dam
By DANE SCHILLER and JAMES PINKERTON
June 2, 2010
An […]

     If this is true, this would be a very interesting development that kind of slipped through the cracks last year.  I first read about this in John C. Payne’s book on piracy on page 104.  I was kind of surprised to find such information, and I decided to do a little snooping around on the […]

     I had actually linked to this article awhile back when I was discussing jihadist privateers, and Dr. Phares had actually written a similar article with a similar theme.  So I just wanted to get this article registered in the database here, for future research.
     The best part of this article to me, […]

   The thing to focus on with this gig is that you must be SSO trained, and medical/ SIA certified.  This is a UK company and unless you have these kinds of credentials, I wouldn’t even bother submitting a resume.  But, they do offer the courses for SSO, SIA, and probably medical as well. (go […]

   I found this article over at UPI and I thought it was pretty cool.  One of my goals here at FJ is to explore unique ideas and concepts, such as the Letter of Marque , and see where it ends up.
   This article below highlights several places out there where the idea is popping […]