"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."
"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 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."
Barrie Rice served in the New Zealand Special Air Service for seven years before leaving in 1995. He worked globally as a private security contractor, including roles with Blackwater in Iraq, where he spent seven years from 2003 to 2010. After Iraq he trained military forces in South Sudan as a private contractor. Rice has also worked as a personal bodyguard in Syria, Libya, Ukraine, and Latin America. His career spans roughly 30 years of mercenary and personal-protection work. His experience encompasses weapons handling, operational training, the economics of contracting, ethical considerations, occupational risks, and the evolving use of private military contractors in modern warfare.
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