A difference of close to $80k. On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote:
> What is the pay gap between an enlisted person and a grunt in a private > mercenary army??? > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/10/09/let-contractors-fight-the-islamic-state-blackwater-founder-erik-prince-says/ >> >> >> Let contractors fight the Islamic State, Blackwater founder Erik Prince >> says >> >> >> >> By Dan Lamothe <http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/dan-lamothe> October >> 9 >> >> >> Erik Prince testifies in 2007 before the House Committee on Oversight and >> Government Reform about the controversial company he founded, Blackwater, >> Inc. (Photo by Linda Davidson/ The Washington Post) >> >> As the fight against the Islamic State unfolds, the take of Erik Prince, >> the founder of the former private security firm Blackwater, is >> straightforward: If the United States is unwilling to send in ground >> troops, “let the private sector finish the job.” >> >> Prince addressed the subject this week in a little-noticed blog post >> <http://www.fsgroup.com/chairmans-column-isis/> on the site of his >> newest security and logistics firm, Frontier Services Group. Prince >> left Blackwater, with its checkered history in Iraq, including the killing >> by contractors of 17 civilians in a 2007 shooting, in 2010. The trial of >> four Blackwater guards involved in the shooting in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square, >> has been underway for months. >> >> Prince is currently courting private business in Africa for his new >> company. He also is preparing to drum up readers for the paperback version >> of his bestselling book, “Civilian Warriors: The Inside story of Blackwater >> and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror,” out later this month. >> >> The former Navy SEAL declined interview requests for this piece through a >> spokesperson with his book publisher, the Penguin Group. In his blog post, >> published Monday, Prince said President Obama’s strategy to counter the >> Islamic State is “half-hearted at best” and will not be able to dig the >> militants out of any urban centers where they seek shelter among civilians. >> >> Prince said military clearing operations fall to foot soldiers, and the >> Iraqi military is “demonstrably inept after billions spent on training and >> equipping.” He points out that when the Islamic State attacked Iraqi units >> earlier this year, they folded and the militants were able to seize tanks, >> Howitzers, armored vehicles and ammunition, among other supplies and >> equipment. >> >> “The Kurds, once a lean and strong fighting force that routinely rebuffed >> Saddam’s forces, now find themselves outgunned, under-equipped, and >> overwhelmed,” Prince wrote. “But they do fight, and they fight bravely. The >> Kurds’ biggest problem is the U.S. State Department blocking them from >> selling their oil and from buying serious weaponry to protect their >> stronghold and act as a stabilizing force in the region.” >> >> Prince, long a proponent of using private military contractors to >> backstop U.S. policy abroad, added that the private sector has “long >> provided nations around the world with innovative solutions to national >> defense problems,” and he seems to look back fondly on the work Blackwater >> did. >> >> “If the old Blackwater team were still together, I have high confidence >> that a multi-brigade-size unit of veteran American contractors or a >> multi-national force could be rapidly assembled and deployed to be that >> necessary ground combat team,” Prince wrote. “The professionals would be >> hired for their combat skills in armor, artillery, small unit tactics, >> special operations, logistics, and whatever else may be needed. A competent >> professional force of volunteers would serve as the pointy end of the spear >> and would serve to strengthen friendly but skittish indigenous forces.” >> >> It’s not the first time Prince has said that Blackwater — later >> re-branded as Xe Services, and more recently as Academi — would have >> changed the equation in the fight against the Islamic State. At a political >> event last month, he said it was “a shame” the Obama administration had >> “crushed” his old business because it could have solved the issue of >> whether to put American troops on the ground in Iraq this year, according >> to the Daily Beast >> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/19/blackwater-founder-wants-to-fight-ebola-isis-and-for-the-gop-to-get-off-their-ass.html> >> . >> >> Contractors could have “gone in there and done it, and be done, and not >> have a long, protracted political mess that I predict will ensue,” Prince >> added. >> >> Prince’s comments are likely red meat for those who think the Obama >> administration should do more to fight the Islamic State. His contention >> that Iraqi military units fell apart when tested by the militants is true. >> It’s also true that the State Department government has declined to >> sanction the sale of oil from the semi-autonomous Kurds or sell them >> weapons, preferring instead to deal with Iraq’s government in Baghdad. >> >> >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> ------------------------------ >> Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> Visit Your Group >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZW9laGphBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MTI5NTM5MTk-> >> >> - New Members >> >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnbGlzbTI5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDEyOTUzOTE5> >> 1 >> >> [image: Yahoo! 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