-- Posted by xdark bluex at 9:35 pm on Aug. 30, 2008 so I have a friend who is a US contractor. I'm going to house sit for him this year. He's an ex army sniper. He told me that if I took a level 3 security guard course that he would write a letter of recomindation for me. He also said that ex-military usually recieved more than 250 grand a year. He said since I'm not military that they would pay me 100 grand plus. I could go to Iraq or afghanistan they would pay me more. He said that alot of his assignments have been protecting oil wells, pipelines, compounds and other things. Idk I think I might go. -- Posted by ElephantStone at 7:33 am on Aug. 31, 2008 Ive been thinkign about security like that too. I am military though.