Talk:Next-Generation Special Forces

I never understood how the members of Big Boss's mercenary dispatch company that ended up in the Next Gen Special Forces could have had no combat experience. If they were rookies then why did Big Boss hire them in the first place? How do you even become a mercenary at all if you've never been in combat before? I was under the impression that all of Big Boss's mercs were hardened veterans. And surely they must have had some experience in the 'Mercenary War' that took place in Zanzibar prior to MG2?