How to Become a Mercenary

So you have a fluid moral code, need to leave the country and generate money. Well, I have a job that is excellent for you. Private Military Contractor, or Gun for lease. You’ll be able to travel the globe, see interesting, charming, exotic locations and then blow them up with big explosives. So I guess I sold you with the explosion part, didn’t I you limited sociopath. Here’s how to become a Mercenary.


What is a Mercenary?

Well, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary a Mercenary is a soldier who is paid by a foreign country to fight in its army: a soldier who will fight for any group or country that appoint him. Alternatively and in a more modernized context, a mercenary is a combatant that has no political or national motives, but is only in action for intimate gain. Sounds like a bang up type of guy huh?

How to Become one

As a Merc most of your time will be spent in a war-zone, so military discipline is kind of a pre-requisite. Unless you have a death choice or the confidence that hours and hours of First Person Shooter practice will keep you alive. Most companies also choose  military training. There is a fast record into a Private Military gig.