a corporate run gov

As each company is it's own "country" I guess it doesnt count as government over all

Mercenaries should be a thing

They should

I mean they kind of are.

It should be normal for the government to hire Xe, Wackenhut etc to fill up a certain percentage of the army

Foot impression night

just private security though

No, I don't mean State Dept security. I mean front line combat

yea

I agree

Like the South Carolina Tank Regiment, Inc

that's what I meant we need up above

Think of how crazy tech would be then

If like Lockheed Martin were mercs

yeah

And to keep them sharp we let them work for foreign government as long as it's not against our interest

That's how you get gundams

didn't rely on gov money

And mgs4

although...

We do fantastic with weapons research in the US.

Suppose China wants to hire them to fight in Africa when we are at peace

Russia hires them to fight in Donbass

Well capitalism helps

The second we go socialist fully we lose our edge

This is combat experience that you can't really get without joining the French Foreign Legion in the 40s

Or black water in the 00's

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black water is still around

just changed their name, right?

We'd have staff NCOs with five wars

Yes it's called Xe now

Ed Dept secretary's brother runs it I think

God Bless Blackwater

He's a Catholic convert. One day the Pope will hire him to retake Jerusalem in support of French King Louis XX

Merc work is a gamble

If I didn't have spina bifida I would try to join something like that.

Turnover rate is insane because they fire at the drop of a hat

But you make a fuck ton of money