Yes what you say is true but they are mercenaries and they are causing no end of problems wherever they are used. The previous US VP and was it Blackstone made a fortune out of this and a lot of civilians died.

Blackwater , a legitimate company in the U.S , often doing work the U.S goverment cant be seen to be involved with, its probably the second oldest trade in the world , some are good ,some are scum ,In my view Blackwater do more good than harm.

In view of the above I think I'll stay where I am and continue to pay tax.

They aren't purely employed by UN/NATO so they get some tax off, as other militaries put money in, also the Spanish is one of the militaries, so they are happy. It isn't a scam.

If the Spanish military are involved, you would not be on here asking about taxes, they would know the answer. A group of "International soldiers" not paid directly by elected government (in your post on taxes you said you needed to work out how much tax to deduct) are by definition a private army. You have written nothing that would convince me that your intentions are above reproach.

I am confused, surely they wouldn't take their families and set up home there

it will be a 10 year stint at the base.

The spanish military put money in, they don't provide troops, they can only suggest troops that they think would be suitable and they dont have any power for the running as that's the generals and field marshal.

The whole thing is confusing, hence my suspcious nature.

You said earlier that other militaries as well as the Spanish were putting money in, so why would the Spanish be the only ones to suggest troops that were suitable?
If the Spanish military don't have any power in the running of it I stand by my use of the phrase mercenary.
The setting up of military bases (be they official or mercenary) is not the sort of subject that one sees regularly featured on public expat forums being raised by a young female with boating qualifications, hence my scepticism.

they aren't the only ones, other militaries can.
ok. I will try and find out what the official line is.
I have got other qualifications and that was for my job.
your personal view i'm not going to argue.

I find this interesting so please let us know the following,

Nationality of the troops.?

Which army / regiment are they currently serving in and where if you can tell us.?


Where will they be deployed?

nationality varies
not allowed to say any of the rest of that.

The Spanish already have like the French a Foreign Legion originally recruited in Morroco but now more open like the French to worldwide recruitment. Generals and Field Marshals only belong to sovereign governments even the British army is not big enough to warrent a 5* General (Field Marshal) and has only a handful of 4* generals, air marshals and admirals. This sort of thing would only have a full Colonel rank max and if it was private would not use a military rank structure.

Wouldn't they have to have some compound/barracks etc already in place?

Seems like some of us forum regulars are looking for something interesting to discuss but this seems like B.S to me If it was a guy posting Walter Mitty would come to mind.