America’s Big Hero

(PS: Damn, this chapter is really tiring. Who knows what a commercial organization of a private military contractor will look like. I can't find any information at all. I design it all by myself, and my brain cells have died a lot!)

After despising Sean's behavior in Versailles, everyone brought the topic back.

What is a Professional Private Military Contractor?

Sean himself doesn't have much idea, all he knows is to get a job from the military and then go to war!

But he knows very little about how the U.S. military fights. After all, he was a small squad leader when he retired.

Fortunately, there is now a general of the army and a minister of defense by his side to make suggestions.

Little John used the famous Vietnam War as an example. He was in Vietnam at the time and was a witness.

Explain the entire war process from high-level planning to Sean.

At the end of April 1961, Ledi decided to increase the number of military advisors stationed in Vietnam and send the first batch of US special forces, and ordered to conduct intensive secret warfare. On May 14, he ordered to send 400 US "special operations forces" and 100 military advisors into Vietnam. south.

The so-called secret operations are to collect intelligence by themselves, and they do not trust the intelligence of Diem and his subordinates.

These intelligence personnel are also armed personnel, all of whom are special forces. They need to understand the terrain, landform, hydrology, weather and other natural environments of the team's mission area, record them, survey and map them, and send them back to the United States.

In addition to natural conditions, it is also necessary to understand the local armed situation, the number of armed personnel, the combat skills they are good at, how well they are equipped, and so on.

The U.S. military attaches great importance to intelligence collection, especially after the defeat of North Korea.

All aspects of intelligence must be personally investigated, and then summarized to determine what tactics to use, what equipment to use, how to equip logistical materials, how to choose medicines, and so on.

During this time, the U.S. military had only one forward base in Vietnam.

It was not until October that the U.S. military began bombing operations in support of the South Vietnamese forces.

Later, special operations forces cooperated with military advisers to support pro-American forces to carry out coups and support local armed forces. 20,000 civilian guerrilla self-defense force armed personnel.

Speaking of this, Little John looked at Sean with a smile and said: "Actually, what I said above can be done by the umbrella, and the effect may not be worse than what the military does. On the contrary, in my opinion, private military Contractors will be more effective because they don't have to burden some of the military's rules and regulations to act more freely."

"This is what military contractors should do, in-depth cooperation with the military, not your current independent actions completely separated from the military."

Sean listened with a lot of emphasis, and only after he formed the umbrella did he realize that the combat capability of the US military is indeed very strong, second to none in the world, but their combat capability has been greatly weakened by the "US military" system.

Or the American political system!

In terms of the logistics of the North Bangzi War, the U.S. military was tired of eating beef, and they had to eat hot meals every day in the ice and snow. Officers had to have coffee and black tea.

Get them used to it!

This has greatly weakened the fighting will of the US military!

The logistics requirements are too high and unreasonable at all. In theory, senior officials in the US military's logistics should be against it. At least if it is placed in the east, it will slap you to death and return the coffee!

However, the actual situation is that such a high standard is required by the logistics side itself. The higher the logistics standard, the more supporting factories!

Whether you have a relationship or find someone to lobby, during the war, a large number of food processing factories, quilt factories, clothing factories, and transportation companies exclusively for the U.S. military have made a fortune!

This is capitalism, this is the United States, war is to get rich, and everyone gets rich together.

In addition, there is the issue of casualties.

Don't the commanders of the US military understand what is "the will to fight" and "do not retreat if you fight to the death"?

I understand very well!

However, there should be no large casualties. Once the casualties are too large, the opposition party will jump out to criticize and call for anti-war, and there will be demonstrations and strikes in the country.

The pressure on the ruling party will be unprecedented. For the sake of votes, the two powers will choose the lesser harm, and the will to fight should be abandoned.

In the end, it becomes everything depends on bombing, throwing money at it!

And these retired soldiers look different in Xiao En's hands.

Logistical support?

Still drinking coffee?

Fuck you uncle, Sean can't beat them to death, so taking my money is not money, is it?

The logistical support for ordinary soldiers under the umbrella is to be able to eat enough, and it is enough to be full.

Overseas combat, a monthly salary of 3,000 U.S. dollars, quit if you don’t want to do it, it’s something for retired soldiers in the US military.

Not strong will to fight?

Why don't you surrender one for me to try!

Don't talk about surrendering, retreat without orders, and shoot on the spot!

When attacking Laayoune before, the street battles faced the anti-tank missiles of the Moroccan army. Many M60s and armored vehicles were blown up, which was the heaviest loss since its establishment. You have to rush.

Therefore, Sean understood what Little John said as soon as he heard it.

"Has the military already meant this?" Sean asked with a smile.

"It's not interesting, but it's being implemented, mainly in South America and the Caribbean. Some small-scale military operations have been outsourced to MPRI. At present, both parties are very satisfied. MPRI has made money and the military has reduced. A lot of trouble, all happy."

The corner of Sean’s mouth twitched. MPRI was founded by General Lewis, a retired general in the US Army, and there is a shadow of the DuPont family behind it. Yes, it was Rockefeller who imitated it.

"How many are there?"

"More than 2,000, almost all of them are the army, with a small number of armed helicopters, and no navy."

"Don't worry about anything. In Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, as long as you want, MPRI can't beat you. You have enough first-mover advantages. The missile destroyer formation under the umbrella can carry out many medium-sized and even large-scale missions. This is MPRI Or any other emerging military contractors are absolutely incomparable, and the umbrella monopolizes the market." Little John smiled and stretched out a thumb gesture, "Oh, by the way, there is also a formation of short-range ballistic missiles, which is very good."

Sean tactically leaned back, (ˉ▽￣～) cut~~.

It's just that the navy is burning too much money.

"Okay, I received your compliment, tell me, what kind of tasks are available, I will listen."

"Let's just talk about the nearest one." Little John stirred the coffee in front of him with a spoon, took a sip to moisturize his throat, and then continued: "The US military is going to build a new naval base and an air force base in Morocco. You did a beautiful job, the old guys in the military are very happy."

Sean smiled and nodded. He also thought it was very beautiful. Originally, there was only one naval base.

"It doesn't mean that there is a base. It takes a long time to build a US military base, and the construction team is also a cooperative unit of the military, you know."

"In this process, a lot of people are needed to carry out security defense work to prevent enemy sabotage and detection. This requires 24-hour vigilance. The scope is so large, at least 300 people."

"This manpower can be from the military, or it can be outsourced. Coincidentally, you have a lot of people here. The price, 2 million per month is a very reasonable figure."

Xiao En thought about it, 300 people, excluding wages and logistical support, there is still half of the profit, the expenditure of the umbrella in logistics is very low, 300 US dollars per person per month is enough, it is just a garrison mission, there is no danger.

Can the wages be lowered for such a non-dangerous task?

Like half?

Sean couldn't help rubbing his chin, what is capitalist behavior!

If the military sends their own personnel, 3 million per month may not be enough...

It's public!

"Done!" Sean asked with a smile, "Is there anything else?"

"There are too many!" Little John said with a smile: "For example, here in Syria, the security work of the embassy, ​​the military and government personnel, the Kurds, you know, the branch is in the border areas of YLK, YL, Syria, and Turkey. And the government has been in contact with them, ready to support the independence movement and the like, a lot of short-term tasks."

"Military intelligence missions in YLS and YL, in Yemen, some material escort missions in Afghanistan, training and military support for the opposition in Libya, etc. There are too many missions."

"For the military, this kind of small task is cumbersome, the danger is completely unpredictable, and it is very troublesome, but for private military contractors, it is simple, collect money, do things, even if they fail, at most refund according to the contract A part of the money is enough, it’s too simple.”

"If there were private contractors before, Mr. Reagan would not be implicated in the delivery of weapons to YL."

"You really should have set up a security company earlier instead of selling fake wine!" Weinberg spread his hands helplessly, good Minister of Defense, gone!

Xiao En burst out laughing, selling weapons to YL, Yuri can do it.

Yuri is now the largest private arms dealer in South America. Whether it is cheap and easy-to-use Chinese-style equipment, or high-quality American products, or walking tractors, which are necessary for mechanization in rainforest areas, you can get what you want!

Door-to-door delivery, the mission must be achieved!

In Southeast Asia, Neil is not only a guarantee company, but also extends his hands to the arms market. No matter whether you are a drug criminal or a rebel, no matter what you want, as long as you pay, the goods will be delivered to you.

The reason why he dared to say that was because of the cooperation of Sean's shipping company and port company, the shipping network throughout the Caribbean Sea and Southeast Asia, just sending some arms, it's very simple.

"Well, there is indeed a lot of work that can be done. Before that, I didn't have a good operation and development of the umbrella." Sean spread his hands and admitted his mistake.

"You think it's over?" Weinberg pursed his lips and smiled.

"Uh...otherwise?" Sean shrugged.

"There is more cooperation between government departments!" Weinberg said with a smile: "This world is not only the United States, the United Kingdom, and the east, but most countries and regions are actually in constant war, and the government's visits are not always the president or the secretary of state. Officials are the most."

"When they visit Africa, the Caribbean, South America, the Middle East and other regions, they need a large number of professional guards. This is a huge number, and the CIA is not willing to take care of these jobs. Well, there is no A department willing to take charge of that kind of work."

"The salary is too low, let's not talk about it, the risk is too high, it will expose myself to the public, and there is no oil or water."

"Oh, this is not a problem for us at all. No one will try to bribe the security company, and we are not afraid of showing our appearance." Sean nodded, "Is there anything else?"

"Of course." Weinberg continued: "For the training of police departments in various cities, do you know how many police officers there are in the United States? For example, there are more than 30,000 police officers in New York. They retire every month, and new recruits come in every month. , The police is a very dangerous job, not only newcomers must receive strict training, veteran police also have to undergo professional training from time to time."

"And our police and contract employment, the police's own training department is just... sucks!"

"The police need training, and the military actually needs a lot of training. Not all boot camps can solve all problems. Professional training programs and venues are in great demand." Little John added, "And the military Operating costs are high."

This time before Xiao En could continue to ask, Shen Bi took over the topic and said: "You think this is over, and there are also commercial ones. Due to some reasons that are difficult to explain, many pirates have emerged in the world, and the shipping protection market needs The volume has skyrocketed, and the current market is very chaotic.”

Sean rolled his eyes.

"Do you know how many companies the United States and Europe have in places like Africa and South America? Do you know how many armed guards they need?"

"At least more than 500,000!"

"So many!" Sean was taken aback.

"That's not enough to say. In fact, before the rise of the umbrella, there was already a big market for mercenaries. There was a magazine in the United States called "Mercenaries", which was launched in 1975. The mercenary organization, um, is an illegal publication, but it sells a lot in a certain range, such as the world's first small mercenary group, the arctic fox!"

"It's just that the market is chaotic, and no one has carefully counted how big the market is, but now that there is a protective umbrella, and several orders of 1 billion US dollars have been placed, many people around the world have seen the prospects of the mercenary market. Naturally, someone will analyze it. ,predict."

"This is also the reason why so many military contracts have been established all of a sudden. You don't really think it's purely for the national interest, do you?" Shen Bi deliberately looked at Xiao En with contempt.

Sean gasped, for money, that would be even worse!

There is a common phenomenon in Western society, that is, if a soldier's combat effectiveness is 5 during his service, then once he retires, his combat effectiveness will double immediately, and everyone is a superman.

This is especially prominent in Mexico and Colombia. Umbrella has a deep understanding of the mafia developed by the Big Sparrow in Colombia. Except for the second-line personnel who quit the umbrella, most of the backbones are retired police officers, soldiers, and special forces in Colombia.

After all, during your service, you earn very little money. Even if you die, the pension is pitifully small. The remaining orphans and widows will be reduced to the poor. Losses, will surely avenge the combatants of the time.

Never expect the top military or police officers in these two countries to conceal personal information, and your family will definitely suffer retaliation.

Therefore, when exchanging fire with drug criminals, it is just dawdling. The tactical movements are the old standard.

And once he retires, he will immediately receive a new job offer. The salary is only a few times that of government work, and he will never have to worry about the government retaliating against his family.

Therefore, in many cases, the same group of people exchanged fire, and they were former teammates a few days ago.

It would be a ghost if the combat power could be displayed.

"Currently, the results of several commercial organizations' predictions I have obtained are that the global mercenary or military security business market exceeds 100 billion US dollars!"

"Pfft, how much!" Sean spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"100 billion, it's just not fully developed, it's just a lot more, and the data comes from several large accounting firms and banks." Shen Bi said with a serious face: "You have to understand that mercenaries are illegal, so they are very opaque. , only accounting firms and banks that know the money laundering market best have a say.”

"For a diamond mine in Africa, several companies or tribes scramble for it, all relying on mercenaries. According to the information we have, Angola alone spends more than 100,000 dollars on mercenaries each year because of the scramble for diamond mines." $300 million."

"Other gemstone mines, oil fields, gold, silver and other precious metal mines, you know, there are no bullshit laws in Africa, here guns are the yardstick for everything, the mining area is controlled by you today, and it may change tomorrow The labor cost is almost negligible, and the rest is how to hire more and better security personnel." Shen Bi clicked his tongue twice, really didn't know if he didn't investigate, and was startled when he did the investigation.

What Sean didn’t know was that in his previous life, after the Gulf War, the U.S. military occupied YLK and encountered various difficulties. Bloodletting with a knife caused heavy losses, and Lao Bu stepped down because of this. This made the government and the military aware of some problems, and the development of the military contracting market entered fast lane.

After September 11, 2001, the military contracting market entered an explosive period. At its peak, the market was once as high as more than 560 billion US dollars.

In 2015, the British G4S became the largest security company in the world, with more than 620,000 employees, and its number of employees ranked third among private companies in the world, second only to Wal-Mart and Foxconn Group.

In the UK, there are tens of thousands of security companies, and the number of registered legal private guards reaches 250,000, and there are even more unregistered ones, while the total number of British police is only 150,000...

"Well, it seems that we have underestimated this market." Sean shook his head while sighing.

"Yes, who would have thought of that, what the hell." Shen Bi also sighed.

The faces of Little John and Weinberg next to him were also full of surprise. They could only think of the jobs that the umbrella company could take, but they really didn't know how big the global military contracting market was.

The figure of 100 billion also scared the two of them. You must know that military contracting is not selling towels and socks. The profit of military contracting is never less than 100%.

Doesn't that mean...

hiss! ! !

"Okay, then we have to discuss the reorganization of the umbrella." Sean clapped his hands and said loudly: "First, what departments does the company need? I think it is the logistics department, the sales department, the war department, the procurement department, Department of Transportation, Department of Medicine..."

"Okay, stop showing off!" Shen Bi glanced at Xiao En contemptuously again, "The last few can be classified as logistics."

After all, Shen Bi ignored Xiao En, who had a bad face, and looked at Little John, "After all, it is a company that focuses on military combat. Can the system be built according to the military?"

Little John nodded, "Of course, it seems that there are not many fighters at the moment, as long as the backbone is kept, if it really develops to be more than a country's army, then it will be enough to expand the department at that time. This can reduce unnecessary employees and expenses, and also allow enough leeway for future promotions.”

"What is professionalism?" Shen Bute pointed at Little John, but looked at Xiao En.

The corners of Sean's mouth twitched, his forehead was full of black lines. He realized that the UK has made a lot of big moves recently, and the two British guys, Lorraine and Shen Bi, are dancing!

This arrogance must be destroyed!

The world's number one private military contractor can only and must be himself!

After research, the company mechanism of umbrella private military security contractors abandons the business model of normal companies and is established on the basis of the existing structure of the military.

It is only divided into two parts: combat and logistics, and there is no sales department.

The combat department is subdivided into three parts: combat, intelligence, and staff.

Among them, the battle is mainly divided into two parts: the navy and the army.

Because the air force currently only has helicopters, it is divided into two parts, some of which follow the navy and some follow the army, and will not be used unless necessary.

As the name suggests, the intelligence group is responsible for collecting available intelligence on a global scale. Armstrong's consulting company was reorganized and expanded into an intelligence group on this basis.

There are some changes in the staff department, which is mainly responsible for assessing the risks of receiving tasks to evaluate the tasks, and the changes that may be encountered during the execution of tasks, so as to make contingency plans for the captain of the execution team.

The reason why the sales department was canceled is that you can't come to tell someone so and so, you are dangerous, someone is going to kill you, hire us to protect your safety...

The business is completely advertised so that people in need can come to their door. There is a staff department for evaluation, and a team of regional leaders and secretaries for approval. The specific choice of who to perform depends on the nature of the task, the requirements of the sponsor, and the expertise of the subordinate team.

Of course, it is impossible for the person in charge of the region to be ignorant of the work they do, and the person in charge also has a KPI!

The other is the logistics department.

The logistics department will be very large, divided into two groups: transportation and procurement.

Transportation: As the name suggests, it is mainly to transport the team that needs to perform the task to the destination, and there must be a transportation network by sea, land and air.

The reason why it is so troublesome is because the combat teams all carry familiar weapons and equipment, and many of them have modified firearms.

This is a desperate job, and weapons and equipment must be at hand.

There are guns, cannons, and bazookas. Whether it is civil aviation or sea transportation, you will not be allowed to carry weapons. Therefore, the logistics department needs to have its own airport, shipping or land transportation network.

Procurement: up to all kinds of missiles, aircraft, cannons, guns, ammunition, intermediate medical equipment, clothing, shoes and hats.

A good pair of military boots and socks can keep you from getting athlete’s foot without taking off your shoes for a few days in the wild at critical moments. You can’t imagine how it feels like sitting on the ground and picking your feet like crazy.

Food, clothing, housing, transportation, and toilet paper need to be purchased. The complexity of procurement is definitely not as complicated as that of the US military, but compared with many small countries, it is too much.

That's right, Mui!

In addition to transportation and procurement, the logistics team also set up two lower-level institutions, medical treatment, maintenance, and law.

Medical treatment generally cooperates with local hospitals, and there are usually medical soldiers in the combat team, it is best to send them to the local hospital.

If the local conditions are harsh and the scale of the battle is large enough, build a field medical team.

The maintenance team has fewer people, mainly for emergency repairs of large equipment, helicopters, tanks, and electronic equipment. If it doesn’t work, then find someone. Deyang can provide equipment maintenance anywhere in the world, even the most advanced fighter jets. However, Deyang's fees are too fucking expensive.

Finally, there is the legal department. In addition to the American lawyers at the headquarters, when performing tasks in different regions, local legal professionals must be hired as consultants. The law is like a bitch's belt, which can be loosened or tightened.

In the end, it still depends on how to unblock it. With the help of local people, many things can be easily solved.

Solve small problems by yourself, don't bother Xiao En again.

In addition to the two departments of combat and logistics, there are also the personnel department and finance department that are exclusively managed by the boss, Xiao En.

The personnel department is responsible for recruiting combatants from all over the world. In the future, it will perform missions around the world, and will no longer only recruit the US military.

For example, for tasks in Morocco, it is entirely possible to recruit a group of Moroccan retired soldiers, with the US military as the backbone and Moroccans as the branches. This structure is more suitable for performing related tasks in Morocco.

At least the language, culture and other aspects are the same, which can reduce the hostility of the local people, increase the efficiency of work, and greatly reduce the cost.

The Morocco Army does not need to pay overseas mission allowances.

The contract for the Moroccans can be signed every three years. After the construction of the navy and air force base is completed, so many people are not needed.

In other words, there is no contract period for the employees of the umbrella now... Little John and Shen Bi were shocked when they knew this.

Sean can only spread his hands. The original purpose of the umbrella was to legally hold guns and protect the counterfeit wine business and territory. What he did was illegal. How could there be a contract period.

It is a legal gangster at all, and Sean wants to support them in the old age.

Later, although there were more people, Sean led them to do more illegal things... What kind of contract is there!

Like Robert A. Owens in command of a battleship, can Sean let him go when his contract expires?

This matter can only be left to the HR department to slowly find a solution. A reasonable contract and salary structure can greatly increase the income level of the umbrella.

After the establishment of the framework of various departments, Sean looked at the umbrella company again, wow, it became official in a flash!

Tactical retreat, what is the world's number one private military contractor.JPG

At this point, the tasks of Little John and Weinberg are temporarily over, and the structure is established, but where to start to reform, that is Shen Bi's performance moment.

"Based on the current situation of the umbrella, the reorganization should start with the establishment of the personnel department and the finance department."

"The personnel department needs to re-enact all existing employee contracts, divide them into different levels, and have different reward and punishment systems. At the same time, the financial department will conduct a large-scale review of the existing financial system."

"After the personnel rights and financial rights are clarified, we will set up branches according to the continents. After the continent-level branches are established, they will be the main business country branches. On this basis, we can divide the business and measure the size of the war department. to recruit."

"The establishment of logistics can also be more orderly, with a priority, and avoid waste while improving efficiency."

Shen Bi talked eloquently, filling in the muscles on the basis of the frame, and doing everything in order, which made Sean suddenly enlightened and slapped hard: Yes, that's what I thought!

he tui!