Private military company
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A private military company or private military and security company is a private company that provides armed combat and/or security services. PMCs refer to their personnel as "security contractors" or
Ugandan Triple Canopy contractors undergoing training in Iraq, 2011
David Stirling, founder of the SAS, founded a PMC in the 1960s.
Armed contractors aboard a merchant ship to deter piracy
Iraqi contract security in the International (Green) Zone of Baghdad
Mercenary
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A mercenary, merc, or soldier of fortune is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official mi
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…Risks Group and Defence Systems, providing military consultation and training. In 1989, the United Nations Mercenary Convention banning the use of mercenaries was initiated and entered into force on 20 October 2001. As of August 2021, the convention had been ratified by 37 states, and signed but not ratified…
c. 1525 engraving of two Swiss mercenaries
Belarusian volunteers of Ukraine's International Legion, 2022
A private military contractor in Badakhshan Province, 2006