Blackwater Pay Insults the Military

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Fight for the country? How is he not fighting for his country by working with a company that assist the U.S. Government you ungreatfull swine. Yeah, hey the minus the combat is kind of a big deal for those who have to be in it. You just typed out of your ass dude, think a little.

Mike of IL 4:54PM June 11, 2011

Apparently your 'education' didn't teach you grammar. but then again you are from Kentucky, where 'education pays.' What a joke. And if you were a green beret, or seal, or whatever, you should have stayed in and fought for your country, not for a private company that cares about money as much as, apparently, you do. Stop bitching about 'blue collars' bitching as they work their tails off day in and day out(just as hard as our military, minus the combat. But hey, not everyone can be in (or believes in being in) the military. Meanwhile the blue collar class is taxed a large portion of their income, which is being taxed more and more each year, to pay for these exuberant private military contracts.

steve of VA 11:14PM October 20, 2010

My father was in the US Army for 20 years a majority of that time was spent in 11B (Infantry), he did attend R.I.P (Ranger Indoctrination Program) and received his Ranger TAB. He had a family of 4 and retired when he was 39 and a Master Sergent, after retiring do you know where my dad went to work? Cintas that's a cleaning company, a 20 Veteran was put cleaning. I learned from my dad's mistake and he told me, "Son I don't care what you do in life, I just want you to promise me when you do something just do it to the best of your ability." And I thank god everyday I listened to my dad. I was going to be a hybrid mechanic making 50-90 dollars and hour but my dad didn't have the money to send me to school. After getting 10 Years in the army and getting them to pay for my education, I decided to submit my application to Xe. And they accepted it, i'm now working as a senior Armor Technician. Do you know why PMC's make so much money compared to a regular soldier? Because we're expendable, if we die another young man will step up in our place. But this young man isn't an average young man, it's another that worked his ass of trying to make a good amount of money. Something I don't get about blue collars is that you will sit there and criticize people that work hard and make money, and if it's not one that's criticizing a PMC it's one that's criticizing the government. You guys just want something to bitch about, all I can say is if you do something just do it to the best of your ability if you want to get anywhere in life.

Josh of KY 1:01AM July 28, 2010

CIVILANS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ITS LIKE OR WHAT IT TAKES TO GIVE UP THE ENJOYMENTS IN LIFE AND PUT YOUR ASS OUT ON THE LINE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT SIT IN THERE COZY HOMES AND BITCH ON HOW BAD THEY HAVE IT. LISTEN I SPENT 18 MONTHS IN IRAQ IN A SPEC OPS TEAM, DONE MY HOME WORK AND GOING WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY GET AHEAD IN LIFE ITS CALLED "BLACK WATER".

PHANTOM of FL 11:11PM May 28, 2010

Blackwater only makes this type of money due to the fact that all of them are ex Green Berets, SEALS, or Rangers. It's ignorant and disgraceful to say that these men deserve nothing better than what a regular 11B grunt makes. If you don't like your pay in the military, then you should have worked your ass off to be in Special Forces. You pay what you put in, and in Blackwater, you've put in the utmost work in the military to be able to achieve such status. Leave it to a civilian to say that an ex Green Beret should make as much as a drop out at a 7-11 store.

Quiet Professional of NC 2:23PM April 29, 2010

Soldiers serving in Blackwater have to do some pretty nasty and illegal stuff to earn what they do. Plus, Blackwater employees are typically veterans and the best of the best that want to use their skills for actual combat rather than sit at a desk typing because they have a high-rankking job

alex of AK 7:56PM March 07, 2010

this article is shit. everyone in blackwater is a veteran. they all served their time in the military.they are the best of the best. they deserve more if you ask me. my dream is to be in blackwater someday. i am sorry if you are still just a regular soldier and feel that you need more. you have the option to take more and you know exactly where to get it. XE...

Salvatore of OH 5:21PM July 25, 2009

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Pnrdffwv of DC 9:37PM July 14, 2009

When people serve in the military, they do so in defense of their country, or so they imagine. That is always positive so why does the writer say "Blackwater pay insults the military". Only one who is not a patriot will say something like that!
If people who presently serve, do their time and come back to join a PMC, that is also part of America, land of the free and home of the brave!

Juan Torena of IL 8:06PM June 29, 2009

I think private contractors make what they deserve. I don't think the our Military folks do, however. I did my time, and I didn't do it for the pay. I remember a couple of years ago hearing someone in the NBA complain about a $180,000,000 contract. That's what gets me. He said "I have a family to support." I'll trade you. Maybe everyone's focus is on the wrong people.

Zach of CO 11:55AM February 12, 2009