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If you are considering pursuing a career as a professional mercenary, be prepared to train and work hard. As a soldier for hire, you will likely have the opportunity to travel to foreign lands, but will also be physically and mentally challenged on a regular basis. This guide on how to become a mercenary will provide you with a brief introduction to the job and help get you started on the path to pursuing this potentially rewarding career.
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If you are considering pursuing a career as a professional mercenary, be prepared to train and work hard. As a soldier for hire, you will likely have the opportunity to travel to foreign lands, but will also be physically and mentally challenged on a regular basis. This guide on how to become a mercenary will provide you with a brief introduction to the job and help get you started on the path to pursuing this potentially rewarding career.
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Introduction
- Mercenaries, also known as overseas security consultants, are trained soldiers who work for a non-governmental agency or company. There are several American companies, including Blackwater USA, that train and employ mercenaries. Pursuing a career as a soldier for hire can be financially and personally rewarding, but is also physically and mentally demanding, and often dangerous.
Step 1: Learn Foreign Languages
- As a mercenary, you may often be stationed overseas in foreign countries. Therefore, knowing one or more foreign languages may give you an advantage over other applicants when you are ready to apply for a job. If you can, study as many languages as you can while in high school or college. You can also pursue online language study.
Step 2: Get in Shape
- To get hired and maintain a job as a mercenary, you will need to be in peak physical condition. It is never too early to get in shape, so start developing all aspects of your physical health as early as you can. Consider taking martial arts courses as a way to develop physical strength and endurance, and to get some preliminary training in hand-to-hand combat.
Step 3: Join the Military or Law Enforcement
- Since you are pursuing a career as a professional soldier, it makes sense to get training as such before you apply with a private company. Most private security contracting firms either require applicants to have, or will look much more favorably on applicants who have military and/or professional law enforcement training. If you are serious about becoming a mercenary, consider one of more of the following to help prepare and train for your future career:
- Join the military, serve for three years and receive an honorable discharge
- Pursue a job or training with a local or national law enforcement agency
- If you do join the military or enter law enforcement, get as much training in as many areas as you can and attempt to get on a special operations team
- Take a related private training course, such as those offered at Blackwater USA
Step 4: Apply for a Job
- Obtain and complete an application through a private security firm. There are several American companies at which you can apply, including Blackwater USA, Global Dynamics and Triple Canopy. For most of the positions, you will need a driver's license and valid passport. If you apply for a position and your application is denied, find out why and take the necessary steps to ensure that your next application is more likely to be accepted.
Conclusion
- Working as a soldier for hire is not for the weak or faint of heart. You will need to be in peak physical and mental condition, well-trained and willing to put your life in danger if need be. However, if you are adaptable, physically and mentally fit and enjoy being constantly challenged, becoming a mercenary may prove to be a rewarding career.
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