Security Contracting

Pros and Cons of Security Contracting

So you want to be a contractor…? I’ll say this, it is a mixed bag. Security Contracting overseas, for me anyway, had some positives as well as some pretty heavy negatives.

If you have spent some time in the Military, or even Law Enforcement, in order to have a resume to be considered for Security Contracting, I’d recommend taking a good look at this video.

As an aside, one thing I forgot to mention was camaraderie as a Pro.

While some of the people you end up working with aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed, there is a underlying sense of camaraderie that a lot of people miss upon leaving the service. But frankly, it can be found other places…

Loadout

Prometheus Design Werx A.G. Watch Cap

PDW Iliad Field Jacket

Outdoor Research Foray Pants

OR Crocodile Gaiters

SKD Tactical PIG Delta Utility Gloves

On the upside, Security Contracting may afford you the opportunity to ride a “Homda” motorcycle in unusual places…
…and maybe a chance to drive a tank too.
  1. Ivan, this is another awesome, informative video. It answered a lot of my questions about contracting. I wish you could have gotten the fire a little bigger. I got cold watching the video.

  2. Great video. Very thoughtful…insightful, and I like that you spent the time to suss out the details. Especially the part about having an exit strategy. I am not ex-mil but did the seasonal firefighter gig for seven years in the 70-80s and I met lots of dudes wound tighter than a cheap wristwatch–been in the business way too long. Worked with a guy who had lost all of his teeth and was still working in his 60s (i.e., “One of the old dudes on contract…”). Forget the car, he’s all about replacing his upper. But I was waiting for you to list as a ‘con’ the prospect of being injured or killed. You got guns, the bad guys do, too; security (you) is provided against a threat (them), so there’s the chance of being involuntarily perforated. You explained the golden handcuffs, but what about when you need the Stokes litter? What about the employer’s worse-case back up?

    “…go Winchester on a belt-fed, like, into a Hesco wall or something.” Priceless advice.

    1. Thanks for that Dave. And yes, I didn’t mention about the getting killed. I figured it would go without saying, especially in light of the dismembered head story… 🙂

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