This guy must not get out much. Private 'security companies' (aka Armies, Merc's) have been around for quite some time. One of the 1st in our modern era (VN) was (IIRC) the now defunct Executive Outcomes. And I believe the largest now is one out of the UK presently 'working' in Sierra Leone (can't recall the name).
[even during VN some troops with a 'desirable' MOS were given the option of going straight to the Congo upon separation.]
Of more recent history one can remember the exploits of : Mad Mike in the Congo
or the Département Protection Sécurité (Greenpeace anyone?)
And even the US Army War College Lists these:
A 1997 study by the private Center for Defense Information lists dozens of such organizations with international operations. South Africa has been the leading home of international security companies, including
Executive Outcomes,
Combat Force,
Investments Surveys,
Honey Badger Arms and Ammunition,
Shield Security,
Kas Enterprises,
Saracen International, and
Longreach Security.
International military firms based in other parts of the world include:
Alpha Five,
Corporate Trading International,
Omega Support Ltd.,
Parasec Strategic Concept,
Jardine Securicor Gurkha Services (Hong Kong),
Gurkha Security Guards (Isle of Man, UK), [my son has worked along side of these guys, quite good]
Special Project Service Ltd. (UK),
Defence Systems Ltd. (UK),
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),
Vinnell Corporation (US), and
Military Professional Resources Inc. (US).[2]
Executive Outcomes (South Africa) has been described as "the world's first fully equipped corporate army."[3]
Nothing new, evil or demonic - solid 'play for pay' work - some technical (SAIC? as mercs? pffft) others somewhat more deadly.