A couple of bloggers recently got a tour of a lifetime of Blackwater Facilities and moore...
The trip began with a flight from DC to Blackwater's 7,000 acre facility in Moyock, NC (As trained Airborne professionals, Jim and I fell asleep within minutes upon taking our seats in the Cessna). Moyock is within a 2 hour radius of some of the largest Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, FBI, etc. bases and is the largest private training facility in the US. This was purely intentional. More than ten years ago, the intent was to compete with regional fire arms ranges for law enforcement (LE) and private training (corporate security etc.) with the eventual goal of garnering some military contracts. In order to do better than the regionals, Blackwater needed to have access to the population requiring training. Being close reduced costs of the trainees and made face-to-face visits cheaper and easier for the two negotiating parties.
Erik Prince founded Blackwater along with several others, including the President (and former US Navy SEAL), Gary Jackson. Gary met us at Blackwater HQ and spent the next several hours with us, giving an unofficial history lesson on Blackwater, and even driving our vehicle on the tour.
Source: Blackfive (be sure and read the entire marvelous article, which has plenty of photos, and even a video to go with it).
Related: Blackwater Website
I am very glad that the people of Blackwater are there filling a need and providing a much-needed service for our nation.
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