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Other than Lord Myles, Matthew Van Dyke is another great example of this thing
>was some nerd from Maryland
>never travelled much, decided to go to Morocco and then take a motorcycle ride across North Africa, through Iran and Iraq, and then go into Afghanistan
>makes various friends along the way and convinced the US Military to let him work as a photographer/journalist while in Afghanistan
>a while after getting back home, the Arab Spring happens
>a friend he made in Libya tells him about it and is part of some anti-Gaddafi militia
>Matthew travels back to Libya, joins the militia, and fights in the Libyan Civil War
>is captured by government troops and held in isolation for months where he says he lost his mind
>finally freed by Rebels once they take over the country
>ended up starting his own PMC Group called "Sons of Liberty"
He was sort of a media darling like 10 years ago, but fell out of favor after his PMC trained Christians in the middle east, specifically Assyrians, to fight back against ISIS who were in the process of genociding them.