Tell your boys thanks and our prayers will be with them.
Blackwater, Triple Canopy and Dyncorp are all doing things the military doesn’t want to do..never did. One of the main missions is protecting all the civilians(State Dept,CIA,AID etc.) They are well paid, but are still cheaper than the military for the same job, because they have only 401k, no retirement benefits, lifetime health etc.
Plus..they have no job security. One little screw up and they are on the chopper out. Plus they also work in countries where we don’t have a war going on.
Most are former elite military and LEO’s. They most are doing boring, dangerous jobs that require the right training and high security clearances(something BHO couldn’t get). They are treated like dirt by the people they guard..State Dept weiners.
A member of my family, SF Veteran of Afghan is working for one of them now and has served in Afghan, Iraq and countries unnammed.
I suggest that where we need the draft is for the civiliam jobs that are needed in Iraq and Afghan.