The military is highly trained and extremely efficient. Their outward ruthlessness and inner loyalty make them a hot spot in the global mercenary market. In the early '80s, the upper class hired Israelis as personal bodyguards, and some wealthy even had private armies trained by Israeli veterans. of military groups also made it fashionable to hire consultants. In addition, mercenaries appear in many countries, and it can be said that "where there is war, there are Israeli mercenaries".

The market for military hire companies in the United States is mainly in Saudi Arabia and Angola. In Saudi Arabia, they help train the various branches of the armed forces. In Angola, military mercenary companies are "blooming everywhere", the most famous of which are the aerial search company and the professional military reserve company.

The company's professional military reserve company is mainly engaged in commercial security activities and currently employs 350 people. If you look at the list of employees, you will be surprised by familiar names such as Kavin Verner, who was a commander in the 1991 "Desert Storm", and Korosbieh Butch St., who was the commander of the U.S. forces in Europe. In May 1996, the company took on a good deal: training armed troops for Bosnia, earning more than $20 million that year alone.

Most of these private military companies have close ties to the Pentagon. They engage in military activities overseas with the secret support of the government. In response, the government has vigorously defended the company, saying that these companies are "teaching people how to manage the armed forces in a democratic country, obey civilian domination, and respect human rights."

In fact, those trainees often work as war criminals after completing their studies.

After the Cold War, the number of Mi soldiers plummeted by 30 percent, and a large number of veterans moved to the private sector. For the government, there are many advantages to civilizing the military: it can get rid of the burden of military personnel and maintain its geopolitical influence. The government and businessmen hit it off, and the business of military mercenary companies flourished.

Mercenaries are active in the world, whether it is the cold climate and rugged mountains of Afghanistan, or the mosquito-infested and scorching heat of the African rainforest, a peculiar ———group of mercenaries can be seen everywhere, participating in anti-government military coups and United Nations peacekeeping operations.

In order to distinguish themselves from the traditional image of mercenaries, modern mercenary agencies prefer to refer to them as PMCs (short for privatemili tarycompanies). PMCs are usually registered commercial companies that provide a variety of tasks such as personnel training, intelligence gathering, and personal property protection.

A mercenary is a professional soldier who is employed by and fights for any country or nation regardless of the interests of the nation and all its consequences. The use of mercenaries was not only economically costly, but also politically dangerous, such as in the early 14th century, when the Spanish frontiers hired by the Byzantine Empire helped the Byzantine Empire defeat the Turks, they turned to attack their employers, and continued to ravage Macedonia after two years of wanton devastation of Thrace. In the 15th century, various "free companies" of Swiss, Italian, and German soldiers were employed by princes and dukes. These mercenaries are often greedy, cruel, and undisciplined, fleeing and looting on the eve of battle. Most of them fled because their employers were unwilling or unable to pay their honorariums. If paid in a timely manner and disciplined in the past, mercenaries have proven to be combat-ready. The governments of the Swiss cantons have raised troops on a large scale for recruitment by European countries, and these mercenaries have a high reputation. But some Western historians have used this phrase to describe Swiss mercenaries in the 14th and 18th centuries: "They were the most popular and the most notorious." "In the 18th century, in France, Swiss mercenaries were the elite of their regular army. But from the end of the 18th century onwards, mercenaries were mostly ruffians. After the Second World War, mercenaries were hired by certain Third World countries (e.g., Zaire), governments and anti-government groups, with a fairly good record.

Despite the strong opposition of the international community to the use of mercenaries, the reality is that the scale of mercenaries is constantly expanding. They are found in many hot spots around the world.

These people come from different countries and races, and the vast majority of them take risks for money, some fight because of ideology and religious beliefs, and some are tired of living a peaceful life and want to seek excitement.

"Mercenary" is a synonym for the English phrase "profit-seeking", and the ancient Chinese saying "there must be a brave man under the reward" is a vivid description of this kind of person. From the time of the ancient Greeks, mercenaries began to appear on the world stage as a special group, with the profession of "war" and "adventure". By the early 19th century, Britain had used a large number of mercenaries as it expanded outward. They are armies when they fight, and they appear as corporations when they plunder resources and engage in business cooperation.

During the Cold War, the United States also used mercenaries in some special military operations. In April 1961, more than 1,000 mercenaries orchestrated by the CIA invaded Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Castro's revolutionary regime. In the 70s of the last century, Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi recruited a group of mercenaries in Africa and even from the United States to form a **** regiment, which reached 10,000 people at the most.

In the past decade or so, mercenaries have been found in various hot spots around the world. In 1996, former Congolese President Mobutu recruited mercenaries to stop the offensive of the rebels led by Kabila. In armed conflicts in Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Chechnya and other places, a considerable number of foreign mercenaries have appeared. There are dozens of mercenary companies in Iraq, employing more than 20,000 people, who are responsible for defending important targets such as Iraqi interim government buildings, airports, and oil pipelines. In East Asia, there are also foreign mercenaries, most of whom work for anti-government and religious forces.

Before the 80s of the 20th century, mercenaries were individuals or small groups, who instigated coups, kidnapped and assassinated, and looted property. In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly passed a bill banning the profession of foreign mercenaries, and mercenary activities were restricted for a time.

From the 90s, mercenaries began to gradually transform. First of all, it is necessary to engage in a group company business model. There are more than 100 such mercenary companies in the world, of which the four largest are the South African Private Armed Company (EO), SI Corporation, Military Occupational Resources Corporation (MPRI) and Blackwater Security Consulting.

Second, they establish close ties with powerful institutions such as the state and the government. In fact, the world's major private armed companies have strong government backgrounds, such as a company called Dane International, which has been contracted for the most high-profile project to provide bodyguards for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to replace the local bodyguards previously provided to him by the defense minister.