or could you? i had lunch with 3 of the half dozen or so civilian contractors we have out here with us today and it was interesting to get some of their perspectives. of course, they all volunteered to come out for anywhere between 3 months (1 guy is leaving today) to upwards of a year. they all say it's not bad and in some cases, their work here is much better than at home (i can tell you now that i'm way way busier at home than i am out here). but they don't carry weapons. they don't have to wear flak and kevlar everywhere they go. they have their own car out here to share. and i'm sure they get paid handsomely. some in the military take this as an example of maybe it would be better to hire more civilians or third country nationals or even local nationals to do more of the work out here. i read an interesting speech that was just given to members of congress by a retired army colonel about how many of our logistics, our food service, our vehicle maintenance, our sanitary services, are all being run by contractors now. fact is though, we're relatively safe. you can bet your asses that if things started to heat up here or in iran or syria, those civilians are gonna high-tail it outta here. then we'll really be in the shits...literally and figuratively.
i'm trying to post a pic again from out here. the problem is the 'net is so slow it takes frickin' forever and i just don't have the patience. if it works, though, i'll def try to put more up. this is the view of the lake from the little gazebo we have atop a bunker.
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Is there some way you can take smaller photos or shrink them before uploadin? Just wondering if that would make things easier/faster.
i've heard that there are more civilian contractors out there than u.s. military...
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