Saturday, February 14, 2009

CONTEST: Name That Security Firm!

AP: Blackwater dumps tarnished brand name

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticized work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe.

The parent company's new name is pronounced like the letter "z." Blackwater Lodge & Training Center — the subsidiary that conducts much of the company's overseas operations and domestic training — has been renamed U.S. Training Center Inc., the company said Friday.


The decision comes as part of an ongoing rebranding effort that grew more urgent following a September 2007 shooting in Iraq that left at least a dozen civilians dead. Blackwater president Gary Jackson said in a memo to employees the new name reflects the change in company focus away from the business of providing private security.

I don't know. "Xe" just seems kind of flat and dull. I'm sure my Hellions can come up with a better name for the "tarnished" Blackwater.

How about:

Mercs R' Us
KillCom
GunCo
Pay N' Slay

Suggestions? Best one wins a paperback copy of SAFE AND SOUND.

14 comments:

Victor Gischler said...

SlaughterCorp

C.L.J. said...

"Not Blackwater Enterprises, a divsion of TWU (That Wasn't US) Inc."

C.L.J. said...

BloodBath.

Anonymous said...

The Polyandrion Group, LLC

Ali Karim said...

Hi Dusty - though not printable I'd saw they should rename them as an acronym - BOFW inc

Bunch of F++king Wank++s

Ali

Anonymous said...

Zesty Enterprises

Anonymous said...

The Dick Cheney Appreciation Society.

(WV is dedis, another good name for them)

Anonymous said...

ACORN

Anonymous said...

Chillin' Villains

Caveat said...

Mayhem International

Corpses 'R We

DuneCo

Widowmaker

Attilacorp

Four Horsemen

925439 Delaware Limited

Jen Jordan said...

International Hitmen 'R Us

Death, Inc.

Killing For Dollars, Unlimited.

Anonymous said...

How about: Killers R Us. With the R backwards of course.

Or MercEx: When it has to be killed overnight.

Anonymous said...

The Happy Laffy Smiletime Hug Patrol (a subsidiary of WarCrymes Inc)

Anonymous said...

Murder, Mayhem, and Mischief, LLC