User blog comment:The Deadliest Warrior/Pirate vs. Ninja/@comment-181289-20110709215136/@comment-181289-20110709220143

Actully most of the men who became pirates during the Golden age of piracy were military. For a time they were authorized to attack spanish ships, but when peace came they just keep doing what they were doing. Besides I think's it's assumed there both feild the best of the best, which would mean these pirate are former military.