Contractors Survey regarding The Future of Private Military Companies
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1. What role most accurately describes your current status?
a. Active Contractor/Staff
b. Member of Company Management
c. Member of Company Ownership
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2. What in your opinion are the "best practices" (strengths, things done right) of PMC's?
 

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3. What are your views on the role of PMCs assisting during humanitarian crisis or natural disasters?
 

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4. What are your views on PMCs taking active part in direct and offensive combat operations?
 

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5. Do you feel that PMCs should have more focused, specialized services or a wider range of general services and why?
 

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6. What services are missing from the industry or are in short supply?
 

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7. What kinds of contracts would you, or your company, prefer to engage in?
 

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8. Provide 3 to 5 areas of improvement that you would like to see your company or your industry to work on.
 

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9. The following is a sampling of some of the widely held views that dominate current literature regarding the use of PMCs. (Note: The surveyor is not implying these are true, merely that they are widely held views.) What suggestions do you have for countering or rebutting the following views: a. PMCs are only driven by money and therefore don't take very good care of contractors b. PMCs are not accountable to international laws c. PMCs are nothing more than mercenaries, guns for hire. d. PMCs have no self regulation, organizational standards or uniform codes of conduct e. the actions of PMC's reinforces existing criminal activity f. the power position of PMC's may distort democratic processes in struggling countries g. PMCs will simply sell their services to the highest bidder with no consideration for the virtues of the client or for the equality of those who can not pay
 

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10. The scope and range of PMC services/capabilities is not very well defined or understood. In addition to the following list of services please list any other services you are aware of which are undertaken by PMCs: Static security services, security guarding, mobile security/PSD, convoy security, military skills training, firearms training, risk assessment studies, anti-piracy operations, investigations, surveillance, etc.
 

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11. If you could convey one message to the public about PMCs what would that be?
 

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12. What are your personal projections concerning the use of PMC's over the next 5-10 years?
 

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13. If there are other issues that you deem important please list them here with your concerns.
 

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