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French soldier and mercenary who fought in the Algerian War, Cambodian Civil War and the Lebanese Civil War. Rolf Steiner: 1933– 1950–1971 France OAS Biafra Anyanya: Soldier of fortune who led the 4th Commando Brigade in the Biafran Army during the Nigerian Civil War, and later served with the Anyanya rebels in southern Sudan. / / Mike ...
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. Iraq and oil sector (at present, have ceased operations in Iraq) Dissolved. Jorge Scientific Corporation.
A mercenary, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. [1][2] Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests. Beginning in the 20th century, mercenaries have increasingly come to ...
Swiss mercenaries. Swiss mercenaries crossing the Alps; illustration from an illuminated manuscript of the Luzerner Schilling (1513). The Swiss mercenaries were a powerful infantry force constituted by professional soldiers originating from the cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy. [1]
The Landsknechte (singular: Landsknecht, pronounced [ˈlantsknɛçt]), also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period. Consisting predominantly of pikemen and supporting foot soldiers, their front line was formed by Doppelsöldner ("double-pay men") renowned ...
A magazine ostensibly written for mercenary soldiers is Soldier of Fortune (SOF). The popularity of SOF led to several similar magazines with titles such as Survive, Gung Ho!, New Breed, Eagle, Combat Illustrated, Special Weapons and Tactics, Combat and Survival (still published), and Combat Ready that have mostly ceased publication.
The military-service terms and conditions were stipulated in a condotta (contract) between the city-state and the soldiers (officer and enlisted man), thus, the "contracted" leader, the mercenary captain commanding, was titled the "Condottiere".
H. Sam Hall (diver) Josiah Harlan. Matthew John Heath. Gerry Patrick Hemming. Charles Frederick Henningsen. Lansing Colton Holden Jr. Emil Lewis Holmdahl.