Guns for Hire: Private Security Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 03: Private security contractor, Neil Gary, keeps a sharp eye open for potential threats while providing security at Kabul's airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 3, 2005. Gary works for the private military company Crucible providing security for U.S. State Department contractors in Afghanistan. The men who decide to work as private security contractors often base their decision to do so upon a combination of a feeling of patriotic duty, a desire for action, and the ability to make a lot of money. Private military contractors work in many of the world’s war zones often with little oversight from any government.(Photo by Matt Moyer/Getty Images)