Adventures of a Modern Day Mercenary in Iraq

 

Since America entered into Iraq the scene has been nothing but chaos. It was bad before but who knows how the past compared with the present. The author tells his story in first person point of view as a mercenary who worked for Blackwater. Making over 600 bucks a day with heavy risk to life and sanity these operatives were sent there to protect dignitaries and police the place.

The story that follows is a true tale of raunchy adventure. It is a bunch of men who are very stationed together in a war zone. Immediately on arriving they are chauffeured and flown in cars and equipment that were less than they expected. Life is risky and an operative can easily be maimed or killed in action. So the operatives risk they lives in the day and then party really hard at night. After all that day and night could be your last.

Part of their job is to ride in a convoy and protect some high level politician. Sometimes they police an area or make sure an election sight can carry out the voting in a fair manner. Funny that for being liberators the population does not like them all that much. They face getting shot at, bombed or getting car rammed. If a car in front of their vehicle is too slow they will ram it often damaging the Iraqi person’s vehicle . Some times they should and kill someone they should not have. Messy paper work . In fact many times when they shoot they do not report it.

Getting men together, especially young men, you can expect raunchy behavior where men tease each other in nasty sexual con text , swap alcohol stories  and other dirty tidbit. Like a college frat they have their initiations , mean birthday celebrations and cruel goodbyes.

The money is good. But going back to society is not easy. Often times the men suffer from PTSD and have broken relationships. The author himself got divorced from his first wife who did all she could to spend the money he earned in Iraq. He met someone new got a degree and now has a family. Long distances and time away do not spell for a strong relationship.

Men need relations and will look at fellow female soldiers they would not normally find attractive state side. Some soldiers resort to prostitute. It is a tough, fun adventurous life.