Rebirth of England.

Chapter 760 Expansion
People who often go to sea will understand that the scenery they see when sailing on the sea is indeed spectacular.

But if you face such scenery every day, you will soon get bored.

However, Barron and his crew did not have such a feeling. After all, during this voyage, they would also stop at ports to visit different customs and cultures in different places.

And even at sea, whether it is the Devonshire Poseidon or the Caesar, they have a complete range of facilities. If you don't look at the environment outside, their daily life is not much different from that at home.

Especially the children that Barron brought, the older ones are four or five years old, which is the lively age. Under the care of the maid, they can have fun all day even on the slide on the yacht.

What's more, there are so many interesting things to do, such as fishing, jet skiing and even helicopter riding.

These children of his might have been a little bit of a stranger to each other when they first lived together, but now, they all play together and have a very good relationship with each other.

For example, now, children like George, Ethel, and Emily are surrounding Barron, with several pairs of big eyes looking expectantly at the fishing rod in his hand and the fishing line extending from it to the sea surface.

"Yes, did you see it? My dears, it is very strong and is trying to break free..."

After hearing what their father said, the children could see the splashes on the sea surface, which were caused by the struggle of the big fish that was hooked...

And the fishing rod was pulled and slightly bent...

"Dad, pull it up, I'll help you!"

George was about to come over to help...

"Don't worry, this fish is too big. We need to slowly use up its strength first..."

Seeing such a big fish being caught, the children were very excited and kept discussing it.

Finally, after a while, Barron began to reel in the line and eventually pulled a large fish over one meter long out of the water...

"We are lucky, this is a Spanish bluefin tuna, after processing, we can have it as dinner!"

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Just on July 7, the Protector Military Services Company, headquartered in the northern city of Munger, Kolo, once again sent more than 25 military personnel to Iraq. This is the fifth time that the Protector Military Services Company has increased its military personnel to Iraq this year.

At this time, the total number of employees of Protector Military Services Company has exceeded 15000, and all the personnel they have sent to Iraq have exceeded 8000, of which more than 7200 are military personnel!
The main reason for this is that with the US withdrawal plan in Iraq, they need more military contractors to fill their presence in Iraq, such as the Protector Military Services Company, which currently undertakes a number of businesses in Iraq including security and military training.

In the first few years of the Iraq War, the United States had more than 13 troops stationed in Iraq.

Since 2007, the US military has continuously increased its troops in Iraq to cope with the worsening security situation in Iraq. In October of that year, the number of US troops stationed in Iraq reached a record high of 10. However, on November 16.6, 2008, before the expiration of the UN authorization for the US-led multinational force to carry out its mission in Iraq, the US and Iraq reached a bilateral agreement on the future US military presence in Iraq. According to the agreement, US combat troops in Iraq will withdraw from all Iraqi towns by June 11, 17, and will leave Iraq by the end of December 2009.

The agreement officially came into effect in early 2009.

Then, Obama won the US presidential election, and he prepared to withdraw US troops from the country as he had promised.

In February 2009, Obama officially announced the US plan to withdraw its troops from Iraq.

The withdrawal plan includes withdrawing most troops from Iraq before August 2010, 8, ending combat missions, and leaving 31 to 3.5 troops to support the military operations of the Iraqi government and its security forces.

Then, withdraw all remaining troops by the end of 2011.

Of course, Barron knew that the first half of the plan went smoothly, but the United States did not completely withdraw from Iraq afterwards - after all, there was the oil that attracted them the most, and because of the changes in the situation in the Middle East, the United States needed to maintain its presence here.

Moreover, the decision to withdraw from Iraq does not mean that Obama and his people are so peace-loving, but mainly because, from the current perspective, Iraq is becoming more and more a quagmire for them.

This can be seen from one piece of data - in the large-scale military operation against Iraq, only 138 US soldiers were killed; but since then, the US military has been frequently attacked by anti-US armed forces in Iraq, and the number of casualties has continued to rise. As of now, the total number of deaths of US troops stationed in Iraq has reached 4415, and about 3.2 others have been injured in the battle.

In addition, the huge military spending has also placed a heavy burden on the U.S. economy, especially when the U.S. encountered the subprime mortgage crisis and has not yet recovered significantly.

As of the end of July 2010, the United States had spent $7 billion on the Iraq War, exceeding the cost of the Vietnam War and the Korean War - based on the approximately 7423 days from the outbreak of the war to the withdrawal, the average daily cost was $2700 million.

This was also one of the reasons why Obama was able to win at the time - due to the high cost of war, the then Bush administration had to maintain a high military budget by squeezing funding for health care, education, housing and other domestic projects.

The huge war expenditures increased the fiscal burden of the United States. Coupled with the large-scale economic stimulus plan launched by the U.S. government in response to the financial crisis and economic recession, as well as a significant decline in tax revenues, the U.S. federal fiscal deficit exceeded $2008 trillion for the first time in the first nine months of the 2009-9 fiscal year.

But after withdrawing from Iraq, there is still a lot of work to be done, so the Protector Military Services Company has received a large number of orders, including training local troops and police, protecting the safety of American companies and employees, which has led to their continuous expansion of personnel in Iraq since this year.

According to the New York Times, several unnamed U.S. officials said that more than 1200 missions performed by the U.S. military have been scheduled to be transferred to non-military departments, the Iraqi government, or canceled.

The United States also plans to hire 6000 to 7000 security company personnel to provide protection for approximately 2400 American personnel working in diplomatic institutions in Iraq.

After Blackwater was driven out of the country due to various scandals and the boycott of the Iraqi government, at least one-third of the insurance orders fell into the hands of the Protector military company, which had a relatively good reputation.

Of course, because of the business they undertake and the cooperative relationship with the British and American coalition forces, Protector Military Services Company continues to obtain equipment replenishment from them, either openly or secretly.

Even the Kolo Army, with the help of these equipments, looks pretty good...

(End of this chapter)