Blackwater, The Wagner Group, Executive Outcomes, The Flying Tigers, The Swiss Guard, The White Company, The Knights Templar, The Varangian Guard, Clearchus of Sparta, Pythagoras the Spartan, Mentor of Rhodes, Socrates of Achea...the list is endless.

Mercenaries. Guns for hire. Soldiers of Fortune. Private Military Companies. Private Security Contractors. Dirty Deeds, Done not so Dirt Cheap. History is replete with privatized militaries. Call them what you want, they have been around for a very long time. And, they are very likely not going away anytime soon.

Furthermore, history tells us that more people are enslaved and killed by such means as greed, corruption, oppression, and tyranny than by any other means.

So, choose the red pill, remove your blinders -- all of them -- and take a good sensory inventory of what you're being told and shown to believe, because here we go.

Welcome to oconus: the contractor's life -- a podcast devoted to the contracting men and women who have and or still are working and serving oconus(Outside the Continental United States).

There are a lot of myths, legends, lore, mystery, self aggrandizement (think, and there I was...), mis-representations, and outright lies in and around this industry -- especially as it applies to oconus/overseas work. We hope to, at least to some extent, attenuate that.

To date, all guests of this podcast are either a veteran of the U.S. military armed forces, and or former law enforcement officer, and or a downrange pmc/psc.

The preceeding said, we genuinely and sincerely appreciate your patronage. While the guests make the show, without you, the listener, the show is meaningless.

So, thanks for stopping by. And, always remember, folks, it takes a team. The grass is not always greener on the other side. Be careful what you wish for -- you might just get it. Stay humble, stay safe, and keep others safe, by staying frosty. Until next time, keep it real.