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Barrie Rice is a former commando with the New Zealand Special Air Service. For the past 30 years, he's been a mercenary and personal bodyguard all over the world. Rice served in the Special Air Service for seven years. After leaving in 1995, Rice worked globally as a private security contractor, including roles with Blackwater in Iraq. He spent seven years in Iraq from 2003 to 2010. After Iraq, he spent time as a private contractor training military forces in South Sudan. Rice has also worked as a personal bodyguard, traveling all over the world to places such as Syria, Libya, Ukraine, and Latin America. Rice talks to Business Insider about the weapons, the ethics, the money, and the perks of being a mercenary. He also discusses his training, the risks, and his thoughts on how private military contractors are being used in global warfare. He is the author of "We Were Blackwater: Life, Death and Madness in the Killing Fields of Iraq." For more: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/we-were-blackwater 00:00 - Introduction 00:28 - The Missions 04:01 - The Risks 06:03 - The Rules 07:48 - The Weapons 11:41 - The Hierarchy 13:56 - The Money 16:31 - Friendly Fire 19:40 - The Firefights 22:36 - The Ambushes 25:17 - The Ethics 28:13 - Global Mercenaries 31:13 - Psychological Impact 34:15 -The Backstory 37:59 - The Future 39:53 - The Aftermath ------------------------------------------------------ #mercenaries #specialairservice #blackwater #bodyguard MORE AUTHORIZED ACCOUNT VIDEOS: How US Drone Warfare Actually Works https://youtu.be/yYdKnWxmC7o How Reforming A Neo-Nazi Actually Works https://youtu.be/1KGH8_khwQw How The SAS Actually Works https://youtu.be/Ce8pf1Y3Zlc Insider's mission is to inform and inspire. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: https://www.businessinsider.com/ Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insider Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insider Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisisinsider Insider on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Insider/2708030621 Insider on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insider How Mercenaries Actually Work | Authorized Account | Insider