essay #22599

Topic: Privatized Military Industry

Type of paper:	Essay
Subject area:	Literature and Language
Academic level:	College
Style:	MLA
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Word count:	1918
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Date submitted:	2008-11-21 20:14:42
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Privatized Military Industry
PMCs are also recognized as "security contractors " even though this
phrase frequently refers to people working or contracted by PMCs .
Services are largely delivered for other business organizations ,
worldwide and non-governmental organizations , and state forces . Private
military companies are from time to time grouped into the universal
group of protection contractors . On the other hand , most defense
contractors supply specialized hardware and perhaps also personnel to
support and service that hardware , whereas PMCs supply personnel with
specialized operational and tactical skills , which frequently comprise
of war experience .
The 1949 , Third Geneva Convention (GCIII ) does not distinguish the
dissimilarity between defense contractors and PMCs it describes a class
called supply contractors . If the supply contractor has been given a
suitable identity card from the military forces which they escort , they
are allowed to be treated as prisoners of war upon imprisonment . If , on
the other hand , the contractor engages in war , he /she can be called as a
mercenary by the captors under the 1997 Protocol I Additional to the
Geneva Conventions (Protocol I ) Article 47 .c , except falling under an
exclusion to this section in Article 47 . If captured contractors are
found to be mercenaries , they are an illegal fighter and lose the right
to captive of war status .
Private military firms have three major objective . Firstly , their main
sectors is to provide trained professionals so that they can work as a
combator and protector , secondly , they are responsible for consultancy
services to army , and thirdly , they work as backup service providers .
For example , technical support , transportation and logistics .
Private security companies and security contractors are also termed as
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on action edit " \o "Strategic Resources Corporation " Strategic
Resources Corporation . In these companies , individuals are employed
through a contract we can say that private military contractors can be
called defense contractors . They provide training to personnel with high
tactical and operational skills along with savvy combating . Certainly ,
the growth of this industry would result in cost saving as a fact of
competition among many companies .
The US army is regarded as one of the best armies in the world . Its
professional approach and training gives an edge upon other armies .
Quantity and quality of the US army are incredible having all these
technologies and realities according to the most analysts . Presently , in
Iraq , there are more than 30 ,000 private military service providers are
working including Custer Battles (US , Dyncorp (US ,MPRI (US . This
increasing...

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