I start with http://www.mantech.com/ on the 12th of july. Im going to be doing something close to what i was doing during a short stay i had in dam neck va. The job is Project Manager Close Combat Mine Detecting Systems and deals with fixing broken stuff, GPS guided stuff, finding and breaking stuff on purpose, some ground eqpt and avionics stuff, some mechanical,electrical,pneumatice and hydraulic stuff and some other whatnots depending on company needs.
The original location was Balad Iraq but now has changed to bagdad.
Work will be 12 hour days, seven days a week. I'll be gone for 6 months, come home for three weeks then go back for another 5 months. they call this thier "bend over and take it up the @@@ with no lube tour". No one takes these jobs so in order to cycle through the company as a long term employee, you gotta play thier game and take whats given to you till your no longer a green pea.
They called me a year ago about this job and the wife drove it in the ground. Its a real mystery as to how i was contacted and the means in which they got my number. Its almost spooky how this all went down cause for some odd reason, its like they knew some things about me in advance. My background check revealed that i was adopted and caused a stir when i said i never went by any other name. The state of KY had "sealed" adoptions from 1972 till 1974 so all that should have been a non issue.
I have a lot to do and a heavy burden to lay on my oldest boy. Mason might be 12 but you would think he's an adult stuck in a kids body. I have a lot to pass down to him before i go like the how to's on the house convering it in the winter ect.
I understand that ill have access to the Inet so i may be on here once in a while, maybe not. I might just focus on work and my health for a year then come back with my old attitude vs the one i have now which sux.
I really wanted to transition into the biomed field but its not working and its getting bad with Nafta and the newly approved Cafta outsourcing. The next year and a half to two years is going to be very interesting (vomits now) with Cafta now in the mix.
Being away for that long IS tough. Look at it this way though. You'll have cash comin in and if I'm not mistaken it IS tax free, correct?
yeah, i had to fill out a form number which i forgot but it makes me tax exempt. Im going to dabble into this a little deeper when i get to civilian boot camp and find out if i can have social secuity taken out. Id hate to have this income not recorded. Currently they base your social security on your "BEST FOUR" years of working.
its going to be like a hundered and thirty nine k after wages, bonus(s) and hazard pay ect.
Whoooo.... thats some strong money, just be safe...
good luck with all that. get a side arm if they let you. and remember to keep your eyes open and your ass down. be safe.
Just dont get yourself killed. Give us updates when you get into boot camp. I think that we area all excited for you.
no self defense weapons... ive already looked into it.
However,,,, i have permission to bring my Flair pen (about as big as a sharpie). The flair pen i have from my old jump suit has a center fire pin. Ive modified it several years ago to take .38 and good for close range like within 20feet. Im still iffy about bringing it cause its breaking thier rules.
Good luck and come home safe!
Congratulations and good luck man! Sounds like an interesting adventure.
which remindes me,,,,, maybe ill get that HUD done before i go using a certain cluster i have. I swear, i forgot all about that cluster till i was rooting about on my welding bench and found it.
I was wondering what you had done with your HUD :)
i gotta tinker around with the "flip the lense" around thing. I think it was "ted in olympia" who figured that out,, but im probably wrong.
put it to you like this,, it will be done before i go, its pretty simple to do.
Cangrats!! I would say if the pen breaks the rules leave it home. Besides by the time you needed that thing it prob. wouldn't help you much anyways. Thanks for your help thus far and Good Luck with your new job.
Good Luck......Be Safe
Good Luck, better be safe, we need you here.
Dam Neck eh? NMITCs? Or were you one of those tough Navy guys running up and down the beach? Been to school there a few times.
Keep your head down :-)
good luck GOD bless you and thank you
That's some incredible money, but I guess it's probably pretty ed risky, too, though. Still looks like a great opportunity to make up for the years(?) of unemployment you've had. Hope you come home safe.
Ive been working odds and ends and a couple real jobs since my layoff in 03 so yeah,, time to pull in some slack and get busy. I highly doubt time will go by slow, i prep mentally fairly easy in situations when i need to. The wife, she's gonna suck it up and git her teeth. She's going to stay realy busy and keep her mind off things.
with that much money, you should at least do some work on your car when you get back.
i have plans,,but it wont be fossil powered either. my coug is next up for the change as i have a working two cyl unit now. I wont post pics cause its a dead give away upon sight.
Hummm.... I see a spy trip down to Gap Mills next time I'm in Lewisburg...
a little bit more news today,, Im going to be working in whats called the "green zone". No real need to leave base so i guess ill be pretty close to the flag pole.
i fly to chantilly va on the 12th then a couple days later ill find my ass waking up in fort bliss tx for three weeks of getting broke in.
I leave tomorrow at 1:30 and arrive in Wash DC.
Leave dc on the 23rd to arrive at fort bliss tx.
leave fort bliss on the 30th to fly over the pond.
Ill stay in touch but i gotta run for some last minute preps.
If i cant get to this site while im over there, the wife will speak up for me,, take care :D
Watch out for the DU dust in the atmosphere.
As someone who is the offspring of someone who had heavy exposure to Agent Orange, DU dust/residue is not something I wish on anyone.
Take it easy and be careful.
thank you!!
ill have the wife check that out cause im not aware of it. "DU DUST"
Good Luck - It should be a very interesting job working with all that equipment. Just be careful & trust your instincts!
Definitely will miss you on the board for that duration. Your general write-up on servicing darn near everything is awsome.
ahh I logged on just in time to say good bye. Make sure you check in man. Seems like your placed in a job that will use your skills. Have fun and be carefull blowing stuff up!
Depleted Uranium. It's a touchy subject right now with many people, but I think at least one member of my family got cancer from contact with the residue. They inspected vehicles before shipment back to the States back in the first Gulf War.
Hey, take care and good luck! If you need anything while in DC, give me a holler, i'm about a stones throw away.
Hey man! Take care over there and be back soon!
Chris
yeah man, I am looking forward to diagrams for nukes and things ;)
Be safe....
yea man take care