french foreign legion..

[Lohman446]

If you join the legionaires (sp) aren't you safe from extradition as well?

[SCpoloRicker]

he may not want to go die for stupid causes.

/dont feed the troll
//wait..

[Lohman446]

he wouldnt get the monthly pay in cash, and he may not want to go die for stupid causes.

Yeh, because the french never send the foreign legion into suicide missions

[magman007]

also, when in the legion, dont be surprised if at the end of your term, they say.. Surprise, you have a bunch of back taxes to pay.

[ahellers]

id just join the coast guard. but im already in it so im biased.
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[Glickman]

talk about a disappointing sausage fest:

[Glickman]

he wouldnt get the monthly pay in cash, and he may not want to go die for stupid causes.

o rly?

lets get clarification from the FFL site:

Yes, this is copied straight from THEIR site




but mercenarying... such a cause!

[edweird]

If I wanted to be a merc id sign up with Blackwater... atleast then Ill be getting paid right and dont have to forsake my citizenship

[ahellers]

looks like black water is pritty selective of the kind of experince there looking for.
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[Eagle]

If I wanted to be a merc id sign up with Blackwater... atleast then Ill be getting paid right and dont have to forsake my citizenship

Not to start an argument, but how do you consider Blackwater merc? Last I checked (less than a week ago) thet provide training stateside for government agencies, and private security stateside and abroad. A merc is an offensive unit, security is defensive.

[Steelrat]

Not to start an argument, but how do you consider Blackwater merc? Last I checked (less than a week ago) thet provide training stateside for government agencies, and private security stateside and abroad. A merc is an offensive unit, security is defensive.

Thats an interesting definition. I would say that "security" is just the new, fashionable term for mercenary. Who ever said mercenaries were purely used in offensive roles?

I would advise against joining the legion. It sounds real cool and all, but I'm guessing it would start to suck immediately.

[Jeffy-CanCon]

... A merc is an offensive unit, security is defensive.

Not necessarily.

Websters defines a mercenary:
n. 1. One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.


The Swiss Guards at the Vatican are mercenaries, and their role is purely defensive. It is more common to use mercenaries for offensive purposes, since you have a better idea of the length of time you will need them than if you had a defensive need.

[edweird]

but how do you consider Blackwater merc?

Simply put:
They put lead down range for the highest bidder... After all they are one of the largest "Private Military Contractors" [aka PMC's] in the world, and are owned and operated by the company, not the DOD... and to think they only train ppl is wonderfull product of corp-political mindshare.

The Swiss Guards at the Vatican are mercenaries

Silly swiss gaurds and their flamboiant uniforms... I still aint gonna mess with them, or the uber scary vatican knights

[matt-o]

o rly?

lets get clarification from the FFL site:

Yes, this is copied straight from THEIR site




but mercenarying... such a cause!

"mercinarying" isnt a cause at all, dummy

[Recon by Fire]

If I wanted to be a merc id sign up with Blackwater... atleast then Ill be getting paid right and dont have to forsake my citizenship

I don't consider it "merc" since out of my two contracts, one was Department of Defense and the other Department of Homeland Security. Mercs tends to refer to foreign or private interests. Even though a private company may be the first line client, it is still a government contract and you work side by side with soldiers sometimes, if not daily.

Blackwater is okay, but they consider you as an "Independant Contractor" and not an employee, so you get stuck paying your own self-employment taxes (doubles your medicare and social security payments). That extra 7.5% racks up fast!