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2014-08-08, 12:03 PM | #1 |
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Home From Afghanistan
bDok asked about being over there but there isn't much to say. I know nothing of the military and what they did or are doing. I got info through the news media like everyone else.
As far as working there it wasn't too bad. I was an electrical foreman with Fluor for three years and most of the work was preventive maintenance inspections. (some new construction every now and then) I was at a small FOB (forward operating base) with about 100 soldiers and had two helpers from India that had worked in Iraq and were reasonably knowledgeable. We built up to 600 soldiers for a while then they cut back to about 200. The last two years with Fluor they hired Afghans for each trade so I had three Afghans, Rafatullah, Faridullah, and Mohammadullah. They were good at digging ditches when we had to install a cable. We had rocket/mortar attacks about once a month but they never hit anything. (we were behind a wall so they had nothing to aim at) We would go to a concrete bunker for an hour or so until the all clear sounded over the speakers. My base closed so I applied with DynCorp and spent 13 months as a foreman with them at Camp Leatherneck in the south. HUGE base (18,000 acres according to Wikipedia) We had an electrical supervisor, two general foremen, around 8 foremen, 40 electricians and a bunch of helpers from India and Kenya. That was a pretty neat gig. The electricians would go out and do their inspections and I and another foreman would go over their paperwork to check for accuracy, errors and omissions. I sat at a desk in a tent all day and looked over paperwork for a couple of hours. Anyway, I made good money, invested well, and can now buy a house with no mortgage with enough left over for retirement. |
2014-08-08, 02:46 PM | #2 |
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2014-08-09, 08:30 AM | #3 |
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2014-08-09, 09:47 AM | #4 |
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You fucker! You could have sent us word that you were just fucking fine for the last year+ so we didn't have to worry about someone sawing off your damn head.
Oh ... and... welcome home.
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2014-08-09, 12:06 PM | #5 |
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Welcome Back one more time!
Good to hear experience wasn't so bad and I remember you telling me your pay years ago on OTB (still miss MML) so you should be set up purty darn well in the south I reckon |
2014-08-09, 04:57 PM | #6 |
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This thread would have been much more interesting to read if Licker was posting after having his head sawed off.
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2014-08-10, 05:59 AM | #7 |
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The small base I was on with Fluor had a contingent of Afghan soldiers, about a hundred, and one shot and killed two U.S. soldiers just after the Koran burning thing. We heard a lot of gun fire one day but didn't know what happened until later that day. He escaped over the wall leaving a trail of blood. Never heard if they caught him. After that their ammunition was taken away from them and only issued when they went out on a joint mission. All in all it was pretty safe. |
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2014-08-10, 05:44 PM | #9 |
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Yep, I still don't know what's going on over there. What a waste. Just look at Iraq. I'm afraid that's what's going to happen in Afghanistan. Not enough people have the balls to stand up to the Taliban. The U.S. and other allies have stepped up to the plate to help, lost many good men and women, but I don't think the Afghans are up to it. We'll see.
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2014-08-10, 05:49 PM | #10 |
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Oh, I let my hair grow the first three years....
But cut it all off before I went back the last year. |
2014-08-11, 12:12 PM | #11 |
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Don't worry, that will come soon enough
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2014-08-11, 03:10 PM | #12 |
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Good to hear you made it back in 1 piece and are filthy rich now
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2014-08-11, 08:45 PM | #13 |
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Then he would have been a talking head.
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2014-08-12, 01:25 AM | #14 |
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What kind of stuff would you do for R&R? Wild couple three years. I remember back when you were talking about going. Glad you made it back and have some nice coin in your pocket for being over there.
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2014-08-13, 09:50 AM | #15 |
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Sometimes I came home, other times I flew Nymph to Dubai and we stayed there for 10 days or so. There's a large Indian population in Dubai so we were able to get some really good Indian food. One time we met there and went to Thailand for 5 days. Went to Ko Chang, an island off the coast near Trat. Had a bungalow to ourselves with a view of the beach, palm trees, water and other islands. Awesome views and great place to stay.
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Did you feel completely safe in Dubai to do things? Is everything really expensive there or can you have a good time for decent amount of money? |
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2014-09-04, 06:51 AM | #18 |
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