Superpower for Hire: Rise of the Private MilitaryYouTube/Vice For the past two decades these private companies, like Blackwater, Aegis and G4S have silently consumed military operations around the world, doing everything from back-end logistics, protection of government VIPs and diplomats to actual combat duties. In this documentary Vice explores the origins of this industry, their rise in the war on terror and their future operations around the world. 