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(PS: Damn, this chapter is so tiring. Who knows what a private military contractor’s business organization would look like? I couldn’t find any information at all. I relied on my own design. I lost a lot of brain cells!)

After despising Sean's behavior in Versailles, everyone brought the topic back.

What is a professional private military contractor?

Sean himself doesn’t have much idea. All he knows is to take jobs from the military and then fight!

But he knew very little about how the US military fought wars. After all, he was just a shabby squad leader when he retired.

Fortunately, there is now an army general and a defense minister by his side to give advice.

Little John used the famous Vietnam War as an example. He was in Vietnam at the time and was a witness.

Explain the entire war process to Sean, starting from high-level planning.

At the end of April 1961, Ledi decided to increase military advisers to Vietnam and dispatch the first batch of U.S. special forces, ordering an intensified secret war. On May 14, he ordered the dispatch of 400 U.S. "special operations forces" and 100 military advisers into Vietnam. south.

The so-called secret operations meant gathering intelligence with their own hands. They did not believe the intelligence of Wu Dinh Diem and his men.

These intelligence officers are also armed personnel, all special forces. They need to understand the terrain, landforms, hydrology, weather and other natural environments of the team's mission area, record and map them and then send them back to the United States.

In addition to natural conditions, you also need to understand the local armed situation, the number of armed personnel, their proficiency in combat skills, their equipment, etc.

The US military attaches great importance to intelligence collection, especially after the defeat of Korea.

All aspects of intelligence must be personally explored and then summarized to determine what tactics to use, what equipment to use, how to equip logistical supplies, drug selection, and other issues.

During this period, the U.S. military had only one forward base in Vietnam.

It was not until October that the U.S. military began bombing operations to support the South Vietnamese army's operations.

Later, special operations forces cooperated with military advisors to support pro-American forces in carrying out coups and local armed forces. By 1964, U.S. special forces had established a total of 18 civilian guerrilla self-defense force surveillance camps. By 1965, they had equipped nearly 20,000 civilian guerrilla self-defense force personnel.

At this point, Little John looked at Sean with a smile and said: "Actually, what I said above can be completed by the umbrella, and the effect may not be worse than what the military does. On the contrary, in my opinion, the private military Because contractors do not need to bear some of the military's restrictions, they can act more freely and achieve better results."

"This is what military contractors should do, in-depth cooperation with the military, rather than your current situation of acting alone, completely separated from the military."

Sean nodded heavily after hearing this. Now that he has formed a protective umbrella, he realizes that the US military's combat capabilities are indeed very powerful and are second to none in the world. However, their combat capabilities have been greatly weakened by the 'US military' system.

Or the American political system!

In terms of the logistics of the Beibangzi War, the US military was tired of eating beef. They had to eat hot meals every day in the ice and snow, and the officers needed coffee and black tea.

Let them get used to it!

This greatly weakened the US military's will to fight!

The logistics requirements are too high and unreasonable at all. In theory, senior military officials in the US military should be opposed to it. At least if you put it in the east, they will slap you to death and give you coffee!

However, the actual situation is that such high standards are required by the logistics side. The higher the logistics standards, the more supporting factories!

Whether you have connections or lobbying, a large number of food processing factories, quilt factories, clothing factories, and transportation companies that exclusively supplied the US military during the war all made a fortune!

This is capitalism, this is America, war is about making money, and everyone makes money together.

There is also the issue of casualties.

Don’t the commanders of the US military understand what ‘fighting will’ and ‘fighting to the death’ mean?

Very understanding!

However, there cannot be large casualties. Once the casualties are too large, the opposition parties will jump out to criticize and call for anti-war, and there will be demonstrations and strikes in the country.

The pressure on the ruling party will be unprecedentedly high. For the sake of votes, the two powers will harm each other, whichever is less. It is better to abandon the will to fight.

In the end, everything depends on bombing and throwing money at it!

But these retired soldiers look completely different in Sean's hands.

Logistics support?

Still drinking coffee?

Damn it, uncle, Sean can’t kill them, so you’re taking my money as money, right?

Umbrella The logistical support for ordinary soldiers is to have enough food, and that is enough.

Overseas combat, a monthly salary of US$3,000, and you can quit if you don't want to do it, which is what retired US military soldiers do.

Not determined to fight?

Why don't you give me a try!

Don't say surrender, retreat without orders, and shoot on the spot!

During the previous attack on Laayoune, many M60s and armored vehicles were blown up in street battles against the Moroccan anti-tank missiles. It was the heaviest loss since its founding. But when the military order was issued, no one dared to take a step back and talk about rushing.

You have to rush.

Therefore, Sean understood what Little John said as soon as he heard it.

"Has the military already expressed interest in this aspect?" Sean asked with a smile.

"It's not interesting, but it is being implemented, mainly in South America and the Caribbean. Some small-scale military operations are outsourced to MPRI. So far, both parties are very satisfied. MPRI has made money and the military has reduced

A lot of trouble, everyone happy.”

Sean's mouth twitched. MPRI was founded by General Lewis, a retired general from the US Army. There is a shadow of the DuPont family behind it. Yes, it is modeled after Rockefeller.

"How many of them are there?"

"More than 2,000, almost all of them are army troops, with a small number of armed helicopters, but no navy."

"Don't worry about anything. In Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, if you want, MPRI can't overtake you. You have enough first-mover advantage. The umbrella guided missile destroyer formation can carry out many medium-sized and even large-scale missions. This is MPRI

Or any other emerging military contractor is absolutely unmatched, Umbrella has a monopoly on the market." Little John smiled and gestured with a thumb, "Oh, by the way, there is also a short-range ballistic missile formation, which is great."

Sean leaned back tactically, and (ˉ▽￣~) made a cut~~ sound.

It’s just that the Navy is too expensive.

"Okay, I received your compliment. Tell me what kind of tasks you can take on. I'll listen."

"Let's talk about the nearest one." Little John stirred the coffee in front of him with a spoon, took a sip to moisten his throat, and then continued: "The US military is going to build a new naval base and an air force base in Morocco. This

You did a beautiful job, and the old guys in the military are very happy."

Sean smiled and nodded. He also thought it was very beautiful. Originally, he planned to have only one naval base.

"Bases don't just exist. It takes a long time to build a US military base, and the construction team is also a cooperative unit of the military, you know."

"This process requires a lot of manpower to carry out security and defense work to prevent enemy destruction and exploration. This requires 24-hour vigilance. The scope is so large, at least 300 people."

"This manpower can be from the military, or it can be outsourced. Fortunately, you have a lot of people here. As for the price, 2 million per month is a very reasonable number."

Sean thought about it for a moment. With 300 people, excluding wages and logistics support, there is still half of the profit. The logistics cost of the umbrella is very low, with an average of 300 US dollars per person per month. It is just a garrison mission without any danger.

Can the salary be lowered for this kind of non-hazardous task?

Like half?

Sean couldn't help but rub his chin. What is capitalist behavior?

If the military sends its own personnel, 3 million per month may not be enough...

It's public!

"Done!" Sean asked with a smile: "Is there anything more?"

"More!" Little John laughed: "For example, here in Syria, the security work of the embassy and military and government personnel, the Kurds, you know, branches are in YLK, YL, Syria, the border areas of the four countries of Turkey, the military

The government has always been in contact with them and supports the independence movement at any time. There are many short-term tasks.”

"Military intelligence missions in YLS and YL, some material escort missions in Yemen and Afghanistan, training and force support for the opposition in Libya, etc., there are too many."

"For the military, such small tasks are cumbersome, completely unpredictable and very troublesome, but for private military contractors, it's simple, collect money, do the work, and even if it fails, at most it will be refunded according to the contract.

All you need is some money, it’s so easy.”

"If there had been private contractors before, Mr. Reagan would not have been implicated in delivering weapons to YL."

"You really should have started a security company earlier instead of selling fake wine!" Weinberg spread his hands helplessly, "The good Secretary of Defense is gone!"

Sean laughed out loud. Yuri could handle such a thing as selling weapons to YL.

Yuri is now the largest private arms dealer in South America. Whether it is cheap and easy-to-use Chinese equipment, high-quality American products, or a walking tractor, a must-have artifact for mechanization in the rainforest area, you can get whatever you want!

Door-to-door delivery, the mission will be fulfilled!

In Southeast Asia, Neil is not only a guarantee company, but also extends its hand to the arms market. No matter you are a drug criminal or a rebel, no matter what you want, as long as you pay, the goods will be delivered to you.

The reason why I dare to shout like this is because Sean's shipping company and port company cooperate with each other and have a shipping network all over the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. It's just a matter of sending some arms. It's very simple.

"Well, there is indeed a lot of work that can be done. I didn't develop the umbrella well before." Sean waved his hands and admitted his mistake.

"You think this is the end?" Weinberg pursed his lips and smiled.

"Uh...what if?" Sean shrugged.

"Government departments cooperate more!" Weinberg said with a smile: "The world is not only the United States, the United Kingdom, and the East, but most countries and regions are actually at war, and government visits are not limited to the president or secretary of state. The middle-level

Officials are the most numerous."

"When they visit Africa, the Caribbean, South America, the Middle East and other regions, they need a large number of professional escorts. This is a huge number, and the CIA is not willing to be responsible for these tasks. Well, there is no any

A department is willing to take charge of this kind of work."

"The salary is too low, let alone talking about it. The risk is too high. It will expose yourself to the public, and there is no profit at all."

"Oh, this is not a problem for us at all. No one will try to bribe the security company, and we are not afraid of exposing our appearance." Sean nodded, "Is there anything else?"

"Of course." Weinberg continued: "As for the training of police departments in various cities, do you know how many police officers there are in the United States? For example, there are more than 30,000 in New York. People retire every month, and new people come in every month.

"Police is a very dangerous job. Not only new recruits must undergo rigorous training, but veteran police officers must also undergo professional training from time to time."

"And our police and contract employment system, the police's own training department is just... terrible!"

"The police need training, and the military actually needs a lot of training. Not just one recruit training camp can solve all problems. Professional training projects and venues are in great demand." Little John added, "And the military

Operating costs are high.”

This time, before Sean could continue to ask, Shen Bi took over and said, "You think this is the end, there are also commercial ones. Due to some inconvenient reasons, there are many pirates in the world, and there is a market demand for shipping protection."

Volume has increased dramatically, and the current market is very chaotic.”

Sean rolled his eyes.

"Do you know how many companies the United States and Europe have in places like Africa and South America? Do you know how many armed escorts they need?"

"At least more than 500,000!"

"So many!" Sean was shocked.

"It's better to say less. In fact, before the rise of protective umbrellas, there was already a huge market for mercenaries. There is a magazine in the United States called "Mercenaries" that was published in 1975. It specializes in introducing various types of mercenaries around the world.

The mercenary organization’s, um, illegal publications, but have a large sales volume within a specific range, such as the world’s largest small mercenary group, Arctic Fox!”

"It's just that the market is in chaos, and no one has carefully calculated how big the market is. But now that we have a protective umbrella and several billion-dollar orders, many people around the world have seen the prospects of the mercenary market. Naturally, some people will analyze it.

,predict."

"This is also the reason why so many military contracts were suddenly established. You don't really think it is purely for the national interest, do you?" Shen Bi looked at Sean with a deliberately contemptuous look.

Sean gasped, for money, that would be even worse!

There is a common phenomenon throughout Western society, that is, if a soldier's combat effectiveness is 5 during service, then once he retires, his combat effectiveness will immediately double, and everyone will be a superman.

This is particularly prominent in Mexico and Colombia. Umbrella knows this very well. In addition to the second-line personnel who have withdrawn from Umbrella, most of the main members of the mafia developed by Big Sparrow in Colombia are retired Colombian police personnel, soldiers, and special forces.

After all, during your military service, you earned very little money. Even if you die, your pension will be pitifully small. The remaining orphans and widows will 100% fall into poverty, and drug criminals and rebels will suffer serious consequences.

The losses will definitely be retaliated to the combatants at the time.

Never expect that the top military or police officials in these two countries will conceal personal information. Your family will definitely suffer retaliation.

Therefore, when exchanging fire with drug criminals, it was just a matter of dawdling. The tactical movements were all standard. They were all designed with strokes, moving forward was like squirming, and retreating was like flying.

Once you retire, you will immediately receive new job offers. The salary is only several times that of working in the government department. You will never have to worry about the government retaliating against your family or anything. Drug criminals do not hesitate to pay pensions to win people's hearts.

Therefore, many times the exchanges were with the same people, who were former teammates a few days ago.

It would be amazing if the fighting ability can be brought out.

"Currently, I have received predictions from several business organizations that the global mercenary or military security business market exceeds US$100 billion!"

"Pfft, how much!" Sean spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"100 billion, it's just not fully developed, just a lot more. The data comes from several large accounting firms and banks." Shen Bi said with a serious face: "You have to understand that mercenaries are illegal, so it is very opaque. , only the accounting firms and banks that know the money transfer market best have the right to speak."

"A diamond mine in Africa is fought between several companies or tribes, all relying on mercenaries. According to the information we obtained, in Angola alone, due to the competition for diamond mines, the amount of money spent on mercenaries every year exceeds $300 million.”

"Other gem mines, oil fields, gold, silver and other precious metal mines, you know, there are no bullshit laws in Africa. Guns and guns are the yardstick that determines everything here. The mining area is in your hands today, but it may be changed tomorrow. In this place, the labor cost is almost negligible. The only thing left is how to hire more and better security personnel." Shen Bi clicked his tongue twice. He really didn't know if he didn't investigate. He was shocked when he did.

What Sean didn't know was that in his previous life, after the Gulf War, the U.S. military occupied YLK but encountered various difficulties, bleeding with penknives, and heavy losses. As a result, Lao Bu resigned. Only then did the government and military realize some problems, and the development of the military contracting market entered Fast lane.

It was only after 9/11 in 2001 that the military contracting market entered its explosive period. At its peak, the market once reached more than 560 billion U.S. dollars.

In 2015, British G4S became the world's largest security company, with more than 620,000 employees. Its number of employees ranked third among private companies in the world, second only to Wal-Mart and Foxconn Group.

There are tens of thousands of security companies in the UK, and the number of registered legal private guards reaches 250,000, and even more are not registered, while the total number of British police is only 150,000...

"Well, it seems that we have all underestimated this market." Sean sighed and shook his head.

"Yes, who would have thought of that? Damn it." Shen Bi also sighed.

Next to them, Little John and Weinberger were also filled with surprise. They could only think of the jobs that Umbrella Company could take on, but they really had no idea how big the global military contracting market was.

The figure of 100 billion also frightened the two of them. You must know that military contracting is not about selling towels and socks. The profit of military contracting is never less than 100%.

Doesn't that mean...

hiss!!!

"Okay, then we have to discuss the reorganization of the umbrella." Sean clapped his hands and said loudly: "First, what departments does the company need? I think it is the logistics department, sales department, combat department, purchasing department, Department of Transportation, Department of Medical..."

"Okay, stop showing off!" Shen Bi glanced at Sean contemptuously again, "The last few can be classified as logistics."

Having said that, Shen Bi ignored the black-faced Sean and looked at Little John, "After all, it is a company that focuses on military combat. Can the system be structured according to the military?"

Little John nodded, "Of course, at present, it seems that there are not many combatants. Just simplify and retain the main body. If the army really develops into more than one country's army, then it will be possible to expand the department. Currently This can reduce unnecessary employees and expenses, and also leave enough room for future promotions."

"What does professionalism mean?" Shen Bi pointed at Little John, but looked at Sean.

The corner of Sean's mouth twitched, and his forehead was covered with black lines. He discovered that Britain has been doing a lot of big things recently, and the two British guys, Lorraine and Shen Bi, are very excited!

This arrogance must be destroyed!

The world's number one private military contractor can only and must be himself!

After research, the company mechanism of the umbrella private military security contractor abandoned the business model of a normal company and was established based on the existing structure of the military.

It is only divided into two parts: combat and logistics, and there is no sales department.

The operations department is divided into three parts: combat, intelligence, and staff.

The battle is divided into two parts: navy and army.

Since the Air Force currently only has helicopters, it is divided into two parts: one part follows the Navy and the other part follows the Army. They will not be used together unless necessary.

As the name suggests, the Intelligence Group is responsible for collecting available intelligence on a global scale. Armstrong's consulting company was reorganized and expanded into the Intelligence Group on this basis.

There have been certain changes in the staff department, which is mainly responsible for assessing the risks of receiving tasks to estimate the task, as well as possible changes that may be encountered during the execution of the task, so as to make unexpected plans for the captain of the execution team.

The reason why the sales department was abolished is that you can't come to tell someone that you are dangerous and someone wants to kill you. Hire us to protect your safety...

The business is done entirely through advertising so that those in need can come to their doorsteps. There is a staff department for assessment, and a team of regional directors and secretaries for approval. The specific person chosen to perform the job is determined by the nature of the task, the requirements of the funder, and the expertise of the team under his command.

Of course, it is impossible for the regional director to not know at all that he is taking the job, and the person in charge also has KPIs!

The other is the logistics department.

The logistics department will be very large, divided into two groups: transportation and procurement.

Transportation: As the name suggests, it mainly transports teams that need to perform tasks to their destinations. There is a transportation network by sea, land and air.

The reason why it is so troublesome is that the combat teams all carry familiar weapons and equipment with them, and many of them have modified firearms.

This is a desperate job, and weapons and equipment must be handy.

It is a gun, a cannon, and a rocket launcher. Whether it is civil aviation or maritime transportation, you will not be allowed to carry weapons. Therefore, the logistics department needs to have its own airport, shipping or land transportation network.

Procurement: ranging from various missiles, aircraft, cannons, guns, ammunition, intermediate medical equipment, to clothing, shoes and hats.

A good pair of military boots and socks can prevent you from contracting athlete's foot without taking off your shoes for several days in the field at critical moments. You can't imagine what it's like to sit on the ground and pick your feet like crazy when gunfire is raging here.

We need to purchase everything from food, clothing, housing and transportation to wipes. The complexity of procurement is definitely not as complicated as that of the US military, but compared with many small countries, it is far beyond the scope of the procurement process.

Right, Wei Ni!

In addition to transportation and procurement, the logistics group also establishes two lower-level agencies, medical, maintenance, and legal.

Medical treatment generally cooperates with local hospitals, and there are usually medical soldiers in the combat team. It is best to send the patient to a local hospital.

If the local conditions are harsh and the scale of the battle is large enough, build a field medical team.

The maintenance team has fewer people and is mainly focused on emergency repairs of large equipment, helicopters, tanks, and electronic equipment. If that doesn't work, find someone else. Deyang can provide equipment maintenance anywhere in the world. Even the most advanced fighter jets can be repaired.

But, the fees in Deyang are too damn expensive.

Finally, there is the legal department. In addition to the American lawyers at the headquarters, local legal professionals must be hired as consultants to perform tasks in different regions. The law is like a bitch's belt, which can be loosened or tightened.

In the end, it all depends on how to unclog it. With the help of local people, many things can be solved easily.

Solve small problems by yourself if possible, and don't bother Sean again.

In addition to the operations and logistics departments, there are also the personnel department and the finance department that are managed by Sean, the boss.

The Personnel Department is responsible for recruiting combat personnel from all over the world. In the future, it will perform tasks around the world and will no longer recruit only the US military.

For example, for tasks in Morocco, it is entirely possible to recruit a group of Moroccan veterans, with the U.S. military as the backbone and Moroccans as the branches. This structure is more suitable for performing relevant tasks in Morocco.

At least the language, culture and other aspects are consistent, which can reduce the hostility of the locals, increase work efficiency, and greatly reduce costs.

Moroccan troops do not need to pay overseas mission allowances.

The Moroccan contract can be signed every three years. After the construction of the navy and air force base is completed, there will be no need for so many people.

By the way, Umbrella employees now don’t have contract terms... When they knew this, Little John and Shen Bi were shocked.

Sean could only spread his arms. The original purpose of the umbrella was to legally carry guns and protect the counterfeit liquor business and territory. What he did was all illegal activities. How could there be a contract term?

It's basically a legal gang, and Sean wants to support them in their retirement years.

Although there were more people later, Sean led them to do many illegal things... and what kind of contracts were they involved in?

For example, Robert A. Owens, who commanded the battleship, can Sean let him get out after his contract expires?

This matter can only be left to the human resources department to slowly figure out a solution. A reasonable contract and salary structure can greatly increase the income level of the umbrella.

After the establishment of the framework of each department was completed, Sean looked at the umbrella company again and wow, it became formal in no time!

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At this point, the tasks of Little John and Weinberg are temporarily over. The structure is in place, but where to start the transformation is Shen Bi's performance moment.

"Based on the current situation of the umbrella, the reorganization should start with the establishment of the Human Resources Department and the Finance Department."

"The Human Resources Department needs to reformulate all existing employee contracts and divide them into different grades and reward and punishment systems. At the same time, the Finance Department will also conduct a large-scale combing of the existing financial system."

"After the human rights and financial rights are clear, branches are established according to continents. After the establishment of continent-level branches, there are branches in the main business countries. Only on this basis can we divide the business and calculate the size of the war department, and on this basis

Recruitment is going on.”

"Logistics can also be established in a more orderly manner, with a priority, and avoid waste while improving efficiency."

Shen Bi talked eloquently, filling in the muscles on the basis of the frame, and did everything in sequence, which made Sean suddenly enlightened and slapped him hard: Yes, that’s what I thought!

he tui!