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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Training: Private Security Forces Ltd.- Private Security Contractor Program

Filed under: Israel,Training — Tags: , , , , , , , — Matt @ 12:24 AM

After finishing our instruction program successfully, the most promising recruits will be selected and deployed in several international situations. The remaining recruits will find a position within weeks.-PSF Press Release 

   Ok gang, this is not an endorsement, nor do I know anyone with this company. But I just wanted to give a heads up on a company that is offering a lot.(please read the quote up top)  I am somewhat skeptical when companies offer employment after paying for training, because I have usually seen and experienced the exact opposite.  So with that said, if you take this course, hold them to their promise they have made in their company ad and read the fine print of the training agreement.  

   Also, these guys have been in the news, and I see this as just a way for them to capitalize on that free advertising and success.  I am sure they will get more contractor trainees, and I certainly wish them luck in obtaining more contracts for those job hungry folk.  Like I said though, buyer beware. 

   On the flip side, these training gigs with all of the big companies out there, are also a selection course of sorts.  I have seen companies take the best of the class and use them for projects, and then kind of string along the rest of the class graduates.  So do well in courses, and don’t just float through the thing.  Everyone is watching, to include your classmates.  And to me, the big advantage of courses is networking and making friends in the industry.  The more you expand your network, the higher the potential of getting information about jobs. 

   I recommend this type of thing, if you are just starting out or have reached a dry spell in contracts.  Mostly you want to get your training when you join up with a company.  But for further education for kaizen purposes, this is cool.  It’s just your goal as a contract at first is to just get the job, because experience is what guys really need to be marketable.  But if you are a guy with no military or law enforcement background, or no combat experience, seeking out excellent training to balance out that deficiency on your resume is a good tactic.  For me, my strategy was to get training, get my first gig, get some more training, get another gig, and constantly work both angles until my resume started getting full and substantial.  You want balance, so get those jobs and get the training to make you look like a well rounded contractor. 

   Finally, I will say that respected and ‘industry best practices’ training is a good thing to get and I fully endorse the concept of seeking out good training throughout the world. Of course you also have to be practical, and do the math for finances and proximity. In my career, I have met tons of contractors from other countries, paying for training in the US and elsewhere because they wanted respected schools on their resume.  It is an investment, and you should do a cost benefit analysis on the thing.  Can you do this, and how will it benefit you?  This is also Israeli-centric training, and it would be very cool to get trained in their methods for protective assignments.  And if these guys have a job for you after the course, then that is the cherry on top. –Matt

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Private Security Forces Ltd. (PSF) is hiring new security agents world-wide.

Conflicts in Afghanistan, pirates in Somalia, humanitarian convoys in war territories…The need for well-trained security agents has never been bigger. To meet the increasing demand, Private Security Forces Ltd. (PSF) recently announced that it will hire new recruits for its prominent, international Private Security Contractor instruction program.

The PSF instruction program is not meant for just anybody. We are looking for adventurous and enterprising candidates who are in good shape. In exchange, we offer them a promising future. If you finish our Private Security Contractor instruction program successfully, we will guarantee you a secure and well-paid job at home or abroad.

Salaries ranging from $200 to $1,000 per day are no exceptions.

Not your average instruction program

Of course, you will have to deserve your salary. The PSF instruction program can under no circumstances be compared to other training courses for security agents that are being organized in our country. Usually, security agents end up protecting factory gates, shopping malls or pop stars, whereas PSF recruits will be deployed in problem areas or war zones. They will fight kidnappers in Colombia and Venezuela, combat pirates in Somalia, enhance security in conflict areas such as Afghanistan and Iraq etc.

Israeli elite

PSF organizes two kinds of instruction programs, for which both men and women are able to enroll. The first one is being organized in Israel – the only country where it is allowed to train with live ammunition. Our instructors are all part of elite forces: they have been recruited from the Israeli army and are part of the IDF elite units

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Monday, May 4, 2009

Jobs: Maritime Security Agent(s)

Filed under: Jobs,Maritime Security — Tags: , , — Matt @ 11:42 PM

   This is great news, and I hope to see more maritime security stuff flying in the future.  Please note, these are two separate job postings and I am not the point of contact for these gigs.  

     By the way, if you take these gigs, please apply some Jundism to the contract. Be the guy that does it right, when no one is looking. Be a good leader by knowing your stuff, having the courage to do what is right, and taking care of your people.

     We have a real opportunity here to be the ‘good idea’ out there and make a real contribution to the safety and security of the shipping industry. The eyes of the world are on us, and they will rip us apart if we screw this up. –Matt

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Maritime Security Agent:

Envoy Expeditionary Services is currently accepting CV and resumes for deck, port and commercial vessel security agents. Ideal candidates will have at least four years of experience in military and / or police maritime enforcement. Ideal candidates will have experience of at least one year of high threat deployed experience, and operational experience in maritime platform operations. Candidates must be NATO state citizens with an unblemished background, be able to possess a public trust security clearance, and submit to a thorough screening, including psychological, urinalysis, health, dental, and physical fitness testing.

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Maritime Security: Petraeus-Shippers Should Consider Armed Guards

Filed under: Maritime Security,Somalia — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 7:48 AM

“It’s tough to be on the end of a water hose if the other guy is on the end of an RPG. So you’ve got to think your way through that calculation as well.” 

   I wonder if Petraeus reads FJ? LOL So maybe now the shipping industry might finally adjust their thinking on such things? –Matt

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Petraeus: Shippers should consider armed guards

By LARA JAKES, Associated Press Writer Lara Jakes, Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 24

WASHINGTON – The global shipping industry should consider placing armed guards on its boats to ward off pirates who have become increasingly violent, the U.S. military commander who oversees the African coastline said Friday.

Gen. David Petraeus, who came to the Capitol to talk about a wide variety of issues, told a House committee Friday that just trying to outrun or block pirates from boarding cargo ships isn’t enough to deter sea bandits off the Somali coast who are becoming more aggressive. The Pentagon is starting to study how to better protect merchant shipping, but hasn’t yet come up with a formal plan.

The shipping industry has resisted arming their boats, which would deny them port in some nations.

In response to questions from a House Appropriations subcommittee, Petraeus said defensive preparations short of armed guards “can work. You can have water hoses and others that can make it more difficult.”

But in a wry tone, he added: “It’s tough to be on the end of a water hose if the other guy is on the end of an RPG. So you’ve got to think your way through that calculation as well.”

An RPG is a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Maritime Security: Aegis to Help Combat Piracy Off Somali Coast

   Interesting news.  I wonder if this is a precursor to Aegis coordinating a massive security contractor effort in Africa to deal with piracy? Kind of like the ROC in Iraq.  We will have to keep our eye on this one. –Matt

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Aegis to help combat piracy off Somali coast

By Sylvia Pfeifer in London

April 21 2009

Tim Spicer, the founder and chief executive of Aegis Defence Services, the private security company whose main market is in Iraq, is preparing to do battle on the high seas by tackling piracy off the coast of Somalia.

The company is in talks with several states in the region, including the Yemeni and Djibouti governments, about setting up a command and control centre that would monitor the threat of piracy and act as an information exchange centre for vessels in the area. Somali pirates have stepped up attacks in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean in recent weeks, forcing the issue on to the agenda of Western governments.

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Friday, March 27, 2009

Maritime Security: Pirate-Chasers Find Busting Brigands Is Easier Than Trying Them

Filed under: Legal News,Maritime Security,Somalia — Tags: , , , , , — Matt @ 7:45 PM

   This article brings up some of the legal problems of chasing pirates.  What do you do with them, if you happen to capture one?  I say we send them all to Sherif Joe’s tent city in Arizona, after we figure out a legal mechanism to try them. They would look sharp in pink. lol –Matt

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Pirate-Chasers Find Busting Brigands Is Easier Than Trying Them 

By Gregory Viscusi

March 26 (Bloomberg) — The world’s navies have gotten better at catching Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Now they have to figure out how to bring them to justice.

European Union and U.S. naval forces have captured dozens of presumed brigands in recent months after beefing up their presence in the Gulf of Aden, the world’s most dangerous waters. Most have been let go or dumped on the shores of neighboring Somalia because of a lack of evidence or confusion over what jurisdiction can prosecute them.

“International law is very clear about giving any warship from any sovereign nation the right to suppress piracy in international waters,” said John Kimball, a maritime expert at law firm Blank Rome LLP in New York. “But it’s a messy burden. They need to be processed and given trials. Not many governments are willing to do this.”

Spurred by a spike in piracy last year, about 20 warships from 15 countries are patrolling the gulf between Yemen and Somalia, and nearby waters. Pirates assaulted 165 ships last year, seizing 43 of them for ransom, with 10 boats taken in November alone. Only five ships have been seized so far this year, and only one this month.

Since last August, when international naval forces began aggressively patrolling off Somalia, 127 presumed pirates have been apprehended and then released, according to the U.S. Navy. Another 35 are awaiting trial in Europe or Kenya, and 91 were handed over to authorities of Somalia’s various entities. At least three have been killed in gun battles with French and British commandos.

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