Posted on 04/29/2022 5:43:43 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Willy Joseph Cancel— U.S., age 22 Former US Marine had wife and 7 month old baby in TN.
Scott Sibley- U.K., age 36, a former British soldier who had served in Afghanistan. A second unnamed U.K. Merc is missing. (two other Brits were captured in Mariupol earlier but were part of a regular Ukraine unit)
"Ukrainian Embassy in Denmark confirms that a 25 year old Danish citizen has been killed in Ukraine, reportedly fighting Russian forces as part of the International Legion."
Note that the reports of all their deaths are within past 24 hours, but they died some days earlier.
There are reports of recent dead Korean mercenaries look highly unreliable, speculative, rumor -- big chance they're wrong
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Mercenaries fight in Africa, but there is solid pay.
There’s also no RoEs and few laws, so you get guys that are looking to kill.
A friend was telling me about a job that was a 6 month contract in Africa. (I think Sierra Leone) Anyway, you guard a diamond mine. It was supposedly 120K for 6 months work.
Of course you might die or have to kill people...
“I think he was supposedly an Army Ranger...”
Agree, thanks. And one doesn’t go to an “Army Ranger” recruiting office, the person goes to an “Army” recruiting office and then slowly EARNS his way into the Rangers. A lot to do by age 20 to begin with...and then somehow manages to leave the Army and instantly turn up in Ukraine. Yes, maybe a medical discharge...but I doubt that, since one would think he would need years to recover, if injured bad enough to be discharged.
I’m just guessing here, but is PTSD, or other mental issues, considered medical?
Here’s a link, I have no clue if it’s accurate. (I was USAF)
https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/how-to-become-an-army-ranger/
It’s unreal how powerful the left’s mechanism of influence is. And I’m not sure I’m attributing that properly.
It isn’t Joy Behar running this operation. It is a much more organized group that is running this massive system of influence.
You know that image of the little fish schooling and eating the shark? Some organization is driving that school of fish around devouring enemies. Twitter keeps the school of fish together. The “news” and Hollywood drives it around. Extremely effective machine they have built.
See here for Russian produced list of International Volunteers now public:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4058622/posts#15
Well that’s the life/death of a mercenary
If social media and the MSM can con US citizens to go off and die in a war like this, imagine how easy it is for them to manipulate people into fight for causes that are just somewhat more reasonable....frightening.
There is a saying in the Marine Corps- There are no ex-Marines, just former Marines. So when a person leaves the Marine Corps, by default they are former Marines. That is why we Marines get pissed off when one of our own goes bad. Marines are a proud group and carry the title Marine even after death.
Must have heard Mark Levin.
Hear hear. Poor kid.
Update: Another Brit mercenary captured named Andrew Hill:
https://www.bitchute.com/video/O7UxnZSugNA1/
I heard this asshat’s name so many times on the radio today I’ve tuned out.
Good riddance.
Bob, your influencing would be more credible if you used accurate information and descriptions as opposed to hyperbole and slander.
The International Brigade of Ukraine is composed of foreign volunteers. They are unpaid volunteers in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are protected by both the Geneva Convention the Law of War. They are not mercenaries.
“According to Regulation on Military Service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine by citizens of their countries and stateless persons approved by Decree of the President of Ukraine #248 of June 10, 2016, foreigners have the right to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine for military service under Contract of a voluntary basis to be included in the Territorial Defence Forces of the Armed Forced of Ukraine,” the statement said.”
I would.
By definition, a foreigner having joined another nations fight, in particular “legitimately,” is a mercenry. They are protected by laws of war, they just are not citizens or nationals of the country they are fighting for, even though they submit to the military authority of a foreign country.
Pirates, on the other hand, operate outside of the control of any government. The governments disavow those fighters, as well as terrorists.
He was working as a prison guard, but was recruited by a private military contracting company.
Which one? Academi? Cubic? Dean?
Academi is in NC, and falls under the Constellis umbrella, which used to be Blackwater owned by Erik Prince.
I looked into some work there, and the pay wasn’t good for what I qualified for. They’re mainly looking for Combat MOS and SpecOps guys.
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