Scott Dressor is a former U.S. Marine who served from 1980 until 1986. In the Summer of 2007 he took on his first private security contract in Kuwait. From there he worked on contracts in the countries of Iraq and Afghanistan. Working private security intermittently in the States during rotations and periods of self-invoked down-time, he finally called it quits in the Spring of 2014. Scott has spent the balance of his time since reestablishing his relationship with his wife and family, working private security gigs, and developing his own private security business in his home State of Washington, and hosting the podcast OCONUS: The Contractor's Life.
Scott Dressor has hosted 115 Episodes.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-12
November 9th, 2023 | Season 3 | 23 mins 16 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-11
November 1st, 2023 | Season 3 | 25 mins 15 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-10
October 19th, 2023 | Season 3 | 21 mins 3 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-9
October 12th, 2023 | Season 3 | 21 mins 13 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-8
October 5th, 2023 | Season 3 | 24 mins 43 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-7
October 3rd, 2023 | Season 3 | 19 mins 35 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-6
August 24th, 2023 | Season 3 | 25 mins 44 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-5
May 25th, 2023 | Season 3 | 21 mins 1 sec
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-4
May 11th, 2023 | Season 3 | 34 mins 19 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OCONUS: The Contractor's Life Season-3 Episode-3
May 5th, 2023 | Season 3 | 30 mins 34 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion on the life of a private security contractor overseas, away from his or her country, in a foreign land, often contrary and hostile to his or her way of life.
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OTCL: Season-3 Episode-2
April 27th, 2023 | Season 3 | 27 mins 21 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
A discussion of life overseas as a private security contractor.
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OCONUS: The Contractor's Life Season-3 Episode-1
April 20th, 2023 | Season 3 | 20 mins 58 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
In this episode, I talk, briefly, about what contractors do in their down-time, and how we are different but not so much so on a humanitarian level.
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Season-2 Episode-29
November 17th, 2022 | Season 2 | 1 hr 12 mins
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
In this episode, I talk with Douglas Hardman -- former member of the U.S. Army, and private security contractor.
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Season-2 Episode-27
November 10th, 2022 | Season 2 | 33 mins 37 secs
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
In this episode I digress and rant about the abysmal state of the standard private security model -- primarily in the U.S.
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Season-2 Episode-26
November 3rd, 2022 | Season 2 | 2 hrs 21 mins
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
In this episode, I talk with Ken Gouchi, former U.S. Army and host of Wienerfied dot com, and David Maestas, retired U.S. Army, and founder of Discover Maestro.
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Season-2 Episode-25
October 27th, 2022 | Season 2 | 33 mins
leo, mercenaries, military, pmc, psc, veteran
In this episode, I take an unceremonious departure from Afghanistan, going back to Iraq.