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Pages in category "Fictional private military members" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A military adventurer who made his fortune and name in India with the Marathas. Jacob Van Braam: 1729–1792 1741–1779 United Kingdom: A Dutch sword master and mercenary in British service. An officer under Lawrence Washington, he is also credited with training his younger half-brother George Washington. George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine ...
Name HQ Portfolio Notes AirScan: Titusville, FL: US Department of Defense, United States Air Force, and a number of private companies: Academi: McLean, VA: Consulting. Formerly known as Blackwater and Xe and it is part of the Constellis Group. American International Security Corp: Woburn, MA: Dissolved Custer Battles: McLean, VA
Mercenaries have featured in a number of science-fiction novels. The well-known author Jerry Pournelle has written several books about science-fiction mercenaries known as Falkenberg's Legion. Also, author David Drake has written a number of books about the fictional hovercraft armored regiment Hammer's Slammers. Both series of books are brutal ...
David Stirling, founder of the SAS, founded a PMC in the 1960s.. Modern PMCs trace their origins back to a group of ex-SAS veterans in 1965 who, under the leadership of the founder of the SAS, David Stirling and John Woodhouse, founded WatchGuard International (formerly with offices in Sloane Street before moving to South Audley Street in Mayfair) as a private company that could be contracted ...
Pages in category "Fictional paramilitary organizations" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as ...
Pages in category "Fictional organizations" The following 165 pages are in this category, out of 165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. A.R.G.U.S.