Job, finally a start date. June 27, 2005, 08:58:47 AM 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. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #1 – June 27, 2005, 09:01:32 AM 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? Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #2 – June 27, 2005, 09:05:28 AM 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. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #3 – June 27, 2005, 09:10:20 AM Quote from: jcassityits 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... Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #4 – June 27, 2005, 09:11:32 AM 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. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #5 – June 27, 2005, 09:11:36 AM Just dont get yourself killed. Give us updates when you get into boot camp. I think that we area all excited for you. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #6 – June 27, 2005, 09:23:14 AM 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. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #7 – June 27, 2005, 09:26:42 AM Good luck and come home safe! Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #8 – June 27, 2005, 09:33:47 AM Congratulations and good luck man! Sounds like an interesting adventure. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #9 – June 27, 2005, 09:38:11 AM Quote from: thundergrowlCongratulations 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. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #10 – June 27, 2005, 10:05:57 AM I was wondering what you had done with your HUD :) Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #11 – June 27, 2005, 10:10:49 AM 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. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #12 – June 27, 2005, 08:44:12 PM 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. Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #13 – June 27, 2005, 09:16:52 PM Good Luck......Be Safe Quote Selected
Re: Job, finally a start date. Reply #14 – June 27, 2005, 10:45:43 PM Good Luck, better be safe, we need you here. Quote Selected
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