Industry Talk: The Historic Implications Of Erik Prince’s Plan For Afghanistan
So folks, I have been waiting a bit to post on this because so much has been written about it and I wanted to see where it goes. Basically Erik Prince came up with a plan for Afghanistan that would...
View ArticleLeadership: The Proud Prussian Tradition of ‘Disobedience’
The German and Prussian officer corps are the officer corps with the greatest culture of disobedience–with maybe the exception of the French. The stories and events that kept alive the virtue requiring...
View ArticleFilm: Saints And Strangers
My interest in this show is the private security angle and their importance to the founding fathers of the United States. It is a part of the story that always gets lost, but was absolutely critical to...
View ArticleLeadership: Team Rescorla
On 9/11, it is a somber time. You remember that day and all the death and destruction attached to it. It was a horrible day and I will never forget it. It is a memory that many of us in the security...
View ArticleBooks: Shotguns And Stagecoaches-The Brave Men Who Rode For Wells Fargo, By...
Now this is the kind of history I like digging into. I have talked about how important private security was during the early years of the US, like the Pinkertons, and Wells Fargo is another one to...
View ArticleHistory: Farewell To A Legend–Mad Mike Hoare Dies At Age 100
I first read about Mad Mike Hoare in the pages of Soldier of Fortune magazine back in the eighties. I had seen The Wild Geese back then, but really had no idea about the background and it’s relation to...
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