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re: Has anyone worked armed security
Posted on 4/1/20 at 7:37 am to BFANLC
Posted on 4/1/20 at 7:37 am to BFANLC
I would not be looking at doing any kind of work like that right now, man. The only thing I would consider is the French Foreign Legion. You can't be a pussy, though, and it will likely give you a ton of connections in Europe.
I worked with a PMC in a dusty place of the world (not the Middle East) and it's really, really shitty. If I could give younger me advice it would have been join the French Foreign Legion and go back and do more things like OPFOR/Training at the gun ranges that simulate combat and all that jazz.
It really fricking sucks when you're PMC/Pulling security, including Protective Services. It's hard, long and while every member has a lot of personal gear/equipment this isn't the Army or Marines.
If it goes bad, you are alone. No QRF, nothing.
Like I said: Don't be a pussy. Exercise. Lift as if someone's life depended on it. If you're considering it, join the French Foreign Legion -- just make sure you learn French.
If you don't have the dedication nor discipline to learn another language, stay home and just be an armed guard for an Armored Car Service or something similar but you're probably going to get rejected without prior service (police or military).
I worked with a PMC in a dusty place of the world (not the Middle East) and it's really, really shitty. If I could give younger me advice it would have been join the French Foreign Legion and go back and do more things like OPFOR/Training at the gun ranges that simulate combat and all that jazz.
It really fricking sucks when you're PMC/Pulling security, including Protective Services. It's hard, long and while every member has a lot of personal gear/equipment this isn't the Army or Marines.
If it goes bad, you are alone. No QRF, nothing.
Like I said: Don't be a pussy. Exercise. Lift as if someone's life depended on it. If you're considering it, join the French Foreign Legion -- just make sure you learn French.
If you don't have the dedication nor discipline to learn another language, stay home and just be an armed guard for an Armored Car Service or something similar but you're probably going to get rejected without prior service (police or military).
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Posted on 4/1/20 at 7:52 am to StrawsDrawnAtRandom
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you're probably going to get rejected without prior service (police or military).
Yup. That is the catch. My nephew was an Army veteran when he applied to Loomis. They really prefer to send people with some training when it comes to firearms out on routes for obvious reasons.
If you want to get into that line of work and you haven't done a hitch in the military or police I would seriously suggest doing so. For one thing you might find military life agrees with you and make that your career. For another it will be a lot easier to get hired in high end security jobs when you get out. If nothing else when you get finished you might decide this whole get shot at by angry people thing sucks and you can use your GI Bill for college.
Listen to Straws on this one, him and I disagree with each other from time to time, but he is not BSing you. Make damn sure this is what you want to do before you do it and for God's sake don't put yourself in a position where your arse could be hanging in the breeze in some third world shithole.
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