Britain's growing reliance on reservists & contractors

Eja Cool8 · 03-Sep-2012, 17:46

It's not news as such, the forces are on the end of a mighty axe, reserves are supposed to take up the slack, and the UK already has a massive reliance on private contractors. This could very well be storing up trouble for the future though.

One would like to think that these "Private Warriors", for the most part, are honourable and at least as professional as they were whilst in the services. Recent experience in Iraq & elsewhere might suggest, however, that there are enough bad apples in the barrel to really screw things up down the road...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-Military.html

Ashen · 03-Sep-2012, 17:58

Remember seeing a video form iraq with a merc mg gunner in the back of SUV (which had a big sign on the back saying dont get close or else) of course the gunner opened fire once cars got a ickle to close. He was shooting to kill.

Harry Palmer · 03-Sep-2012, 18:34

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Remember seeing a video form iraq with a merc mg gunner in the back of SUV with a big sign saying dont get close or else..of course the gunner opened via once a threat got closer then his preceived threat line but he shot to kill.

Did you type that with your eyes closed?

Eja Cool8 · 04-Sep-2012, 15:31

That book mentioned in my sig was interesting in this respect. It mainly concerned the activities of a US-owned outfit called, iirc, Triple Canopy, but it also went into some of the "doings wrong" of what used to be Blackwater Worldwide (subsequently called Xe, which sounds like a pile ointment or something, and is now called Academi, which sounds like a modelling firm, perhaps quite apt, as many of their operators seem to be posers...).

One consistent thing about Blackwater, the most often used description of them in Iraq, as far as Fainaru could make out, was "universally despised", and I mean by everyone, fellow contractors, the military, the Iraqis, you name it.

They can't all be talking shite?

Ashen · 04-Sep-2012, 16:03

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Originally Posted by Harry Palmer

Did you type that with your eyes closed?

No but I was quite out of it on pain killers.

Harry Palmer · 04-Sep-2012, 17:56

03-Sep-2012, 17:46	#1
Eja Cool8 Member shown actual size Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 9,026	Britain's growing reliance on reservists & contractors It's not news as such, the forces are on the end of a mighty axe, reserves are supposed to take up the slack, and the UK already has a massive reliance on private contractors. This could very well be storing up trouble for the future though. One would like to think that these "Private Warriors", for the most part, are honourable and at least as professional as they were whilst in the services. Recent experience in Iraq & elsewhere might suggest, however, that there are enough bad apples in the barrel to really screw things up down the road... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-Military.html __________________ "A friend of mine described her disgust as two Blackwater mercs, shortly after introducing themselves, proposed a two-on-one sex act that involved one of the men ejaculating on the other." Steve Fainaru: "Big Boy Rules"

04-Sep-2012, 15:31	#4
Eja Cool8 Member shown actual size Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 9,026	That book mentioned in my sig was interesting in this respect. It mainly concerned the activities of a US-owned outfit called, iirc, Triple Canopy, but it also went into some of the "doings wrong" of what used to be Blackwater Worldwide (subsequently called Xe, which sounds like a pile ointment or something, and is now called Academi, which sounds like a modelling firm, perhaps quite apt, as many of their operators seem to be posers...). One consistent thing about Blackwater, the most often used description of them in Iraq, as far as Fainaru could make out, was "universally despised", and I mean by everyone, fellow contractors, the military, the Iraqis, you name it. They can't all be talking shite? __________________ "A friend of mine described her disgust as two Blackwater mercs, shortly after introducing themselves, proposed a two-on-one sex act that involved one of the men ejaculating on the other." Steve Fainaru: "Big Boy Rules"

04-Sep-2012, 17:56	#6
Harry Palmer Gun nut Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: War Zone Posts: 13,996	__________________ Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Reminder: "Do not look into laser with remaining good eye."