OCONUS: The Contractor's Life

Vern Messer is a former member of the United States Army, retired, I might add. After retiring, he spent twenty years as a private contractor overseas. He is currently in the State of North Carolina.

Vern began his military career in 1967. His specialty was logistics; deployed to desert storm in 1992, beginning his private contracting career that same year. He retired from private contracting in 2012. During his time as a private contractor, Vern spent time in Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Congo, Afghanistan, and Egypt.

Special Guest: Vern Messer.

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In this episode, I talk with Morgan Lerette -- former member of the United States Air Force, Private Security Contractor, and author of the book "Welcome to Blackwater."

Morgan joined the U.S. Air Force in 1999. In the Summer/Fall of 2004, Morgan signed on with Blackwater, working in Iraq. Years later, he returned as a member of the U.S. Air Force. Morgan currently speaks on the open circuit.

Special Guest: Morgan Lerette.

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In this episode, I talk with Joe Wright, a retired federal special agent and current contractor, regarding his experiences as both a federal agent and a private contractor.

Joe Wright began his federal carrer in 1977 as a Border Patrol agent in San Diego with INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), an Insepector in San Ysidro, Miami International Airport, Deportation Officer. He worked with the Customs Service, and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), retiring in 2007 -- later that year, beginning his contracting career as a private contractor that year. Joe has spent four (4) years in Iraq & Afghanistan, and is currently on contract with DOS (Department of State).

Special Guest: Joe Wright.

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In this episode, I talk with Steven Luisi. Steven is a South Carolina resident of Italian descent who spent nearly three years contracting overseas for U.S. entities in the Middle East as well as other locations in Southwest Asia and Africa.

Special Guest: Steven Luisi.

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Patrick Batchelder is a former member of the United States Army. While serving in the Army, Patrick attained the rank of O-3 (Captain), served as an armorer, tank commander and, later, worked in PsyOps. After getting out of the Army, he turned to contracting overseas. He's worked in Iraq, Kuwait, and in Tunisia. In fact, he is still contracting.

Special Guest: Patrick Batchelder.

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Mike Morton is a former member of the United States Army as an infantry medic, and a police SWAT medic. He retired after 20-years service in 2013. After three years private security work in the U-S, Mike began contracting OCONUS in Mexico as a police instructor and adivsor on a Department of State contract.

Special Guest: Mike Morton.

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Jeff joined the U.S. Army Reserves in 1980, serving for 10-years as a Combat Engineer. Concurrently, he served in the Philadelphia Police department as a Detective, and a special agent to the AG Office in the narcotics and crimes division. Jeff was also a member of the SWAT team.

Jeff retired from law enforcement in 2010, moving into the world of contracting with the EPM -- Embedded Police Mission. He was a class mate of the EPM-308 mission, then went to Kandahar, Afghanistan where he worked for DynCorp Int'l.

Mike currently owns his own private security company -- personal security solutions, llc. His company website is currently personal security solutions dot net, soon to be getoffthe-x.com.

Special Guest: Jeff Aster.

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Christine Tenzycki is a former law enforcement officer in Okaloosa County, Florida, and a private security contractor. She is currently general manager of a nightclub, as well as miscellaneous duties for the owner's varied business entities.

Christine spent two (2) years in Ecuador on a Peace Corps mission. She holds a bacalaureate degree in Criminal Justice, and she maintains a YouTube channel.

Special Guest: Chrstine Tenzycki.

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Robert Fox is a former member of the United States Army -- field artillery and intelligence analyst. After getting out of the Army, Robert turned his passions into one of food service. Robert spent over ten (10) years overseas contracting food services to troops and contractors from every coalition member country that went through his AO in Iraq.

Special Guest: Robert Fox.

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Bill Moses is a former member of the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army. Bill retired from the Army Reserves in 2002 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Since then, Bill has worked as a New York Police Officer and as a consultant, mentor and advisor to numerous organizations, public and private overseas and in the United States.

Bill is a Vietnam War veteran. He spent 24-years as a Law Enforcement Officer, joining the INL (International Narcotics & Law Enforcement) mission overseas in 1997 for Dyncorp Int'l. He has worked for USAID as security coordinator, and was a Police instructior in Jordan for 27-months; spent 23-months with the ATA program, as well as numerous other programs and missions around the world.

Special Guest: Bill Moses.

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