A private military company (PMC) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature, sometimes called or classified as mercenary.
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| - A private military company (PMC) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature, sometimes called or classified as mercenary.
- Displace International, a successful PMC founded by former United States Marine Corps soldier Douglas Shetland, was operating in Indonesia during the rise of a gurellia group called Darah Dan Doa, led by Suhadi Sadono. Sadono and his men had attacked the U.S. Embassy to East Dili and took a number of American prisoners, including Douglas Shetland. After Splinter Cell agent Sam Fisher's infiltration into the embassy, the embassy was secured by Delta Force. After the attack, Shetland aided Third Echelon by providing service of Displace International, even so much as tracking Sadono down and keeping tabs on him from a distance until Third Echelon could complete their objectives.
- PMCs not only directly participate in battle, they also undertake a large variety of other military responsibilities, such as logistics, maintenance, and transport operations, acting as strategic and tactical advisers, and overseeing the training and education of local military assets. In order to comply with international laws, the position of PMCs is described as being different to that of mercenaries, and the term is often avoided due to the stigma associated with it. The hiring of mercenaries is a common practice in the history of armed conflict. They are also sometimes referred to as an "Army without a country," in reference to the fact that they don't answer to one nation. They can also be used to field test several in-development weapons when the military itself is constrained from
- The Private Military Company is the business the player and Fiona Taylor start in Mercenaries 2: World in Flames during their stay in Venezuela. The PMC seems to be an interchangeable name for Solano's Villa once it is acquired. This may be because the headquarters of the PMC is Ramon Solano's old Villa near the Maracaibo Coast Highway and south of Lake Maracaibo. The icon of the PMC is that of a yellow background with the symbol for "Spades" printed on it. Eva's shop sells custom PMC vehicles that are unlocked by collecting spare parts.
- The services and expertise offered by PMCs are typically similar to those of governmental military or police forces, most often on a smaller scale. While PMCs often provide services to train or supplement official armed forces in service of governments, they can also be employed by private companies to provide bodyguards for key staff or protection of company premises, especially in hostile territories. However, contractors who use offensive force in a war zone could be considered unlawful combatants, in reference to a concept outlined in the Shaan Tehal Conventions and explicitly specified by the US Military Commissions Act.
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| - PMCs not only directly participate in battle, they also undertake a large variety of other military responsibilities, such as logistics, maintenance, and transport operations, acting as strategic and tactical advisers, and overseeing the training and education of local military assets. In order to comply with international laws, the position of PMCs is described as being different to that of mercenaries, and the term is often avoided due to the stigma associated with it. The hiring of mercenaries is a common practice in the history of armed conflict. They are also sometimes referred to as an "Army without a country," in reference to the fact that they don't answer to one nation. They can also be used to field test several in-development weapons when the military itself is constrained from doing so on their own terms. Nonetheless, PMCs do have their limits, however: PMCs cannot directly use state-of-the-art military-grade systems (for example, military-grade aircraft drones), especially on American soil, although they can get them launched by the military provided they possessed the right connections. In addition, PMCs are also required by law to have their contractors be fully informed about having to die in battle, including if the method of death was a built-in self-destruct device that activated when falling in battle.
- A private military company (PMC) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature, sometimes called or classified as mercenary.
- Displace International, a successful PMC founded by former United States Marine Corps soldier Douglas Shetland, was operating in Indonesia during the rise of a gurellia group called Darah Dan Doa, led by Suhadi Sadono. Sadono and his men had attacked the U.S. Embassy to East Dili and took a number of American prisoners, including Douglas Shetland. After Splinter Cell agent Sam Fisher's infiltration into the embassy, the embassy was secured by Delta Force. After the attack, Shetland aided Third Echelon by providing service of Displace International, even so much as tracking Sadono down and keeping tabs on him from a distance until Third Echelon could complete their objectives. During the Indonesian Crisis in 2006, Suhadi Sadono had contracted Armed Guardian Services (ARGUS) to safeguard and protect various ND133 devices that were secured around the United States. A sub-branch within Third Echelon, Shadownet, was deployed to disarm the devices being guarded by the PMC.
- The services and expertise offered by PMCs are typically similar to those of governmental military or police forces, most often on a smaller scale. While PMCs often provide services to train or supplement official armed forces in service of governments, they can also be employed by private companies to provide bodyguards for key staff or protection of company premises, especially in hostile territories. However, contractors who use offensive force in a war zone could be considered unlawful combatants, in reference to a concept outlined in the Shaan Tehal Conventions and explicitly specified by the US Military Commissions Act. The services of private contractors are used around the world. P. W. Singer author of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry says "In geographic terms, it operates in over 50 different countries. It’s operated in every single continent but Antarctica." In the 1990s there used to be 50 military personnel for every 1 contractor, now the ratio is 10 to 1 (Singer). Singer points out that these contractors have a number of duties depending on who they are hired by. In developing countries that have natural resources, such as oil refineries in Iraq, they are hired to guard the area. They are also hired to guard companies that contract services and reconstruction efforts such as General Electric. Apart from securing companies, they also secure officials and government affiliates. Private military companies carry out many different missions and jobs. These include things such as supplying bodyguards to the Afghan president Hamid Karzai and piloting reconnaissance airplanes and helicopters as a part of Plan Colombia. They are also licensed by the United States Department of State, they are contracting with national governments, training soldiers and reorganizing militaries in Nigeria, Bulgaria, Taiwan, and Equatorial Guinea. The PMC industry is now worth over $100 billion a year. According to a 2008 study by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, private contractors make up 29% of the workforce in the United States Intelligence Community and cost the equivalent of 49% of their personnel budgets.
- The Private Military Company is the business the player and Fiona Taylor start in Mercenaries 2: World in Flames during their stay in Venezuela. The PMC seems to be an interchangeable name for Solano's Villa once it is acquired. This may be because the headquarters of the PMC is Ramon Solano's old Villa near the Maracaibo Coast Highway and south of Lake Maracaibo. The icon of the PMC is that of a yellow background with the symbol for "Spades" printed on it. From that point on the PMC (Villa) becomes the player's main home for the rest of the game. You can enter the PMC and talk with your operatives and make bets with them for the completion of their challenges. The player learn new things from them by selecting the "talk" option when 'talking' to PMC member. Eva's shop sells custom PMC vehicles that are unlocked by collecting spare parts. Theoretically, the moment the PMC gets ownership of a Nuclear Bunker Buster, the company would probably be labelled as a Nuclear Terrorist Group. See the Wikipedia link.
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