Getting back into overseas contracting

[KBScobravert]

Im not sure there is an amount of money I'm worth to go to that.

Not gonna lie, it has me a little apprehensive but this is a once in a lifetime experience. If I jump in and do what I do for 7 months, I am back in the game and can write my own ticket with the company. This isn't like Afghanistan or Iraq where were were surrounded by tens of thousands of military. There may be less than 50 where I am going but these are a very special 50 or so. I have faith in them. Smaller profile makes for a smaller target too.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Im not sure there is an amount of money I'm worth to go to that.

[KBScobravert]

I got an email from the companies open source intel annalist

No U.S. Consulate support; significant difficulty if detained for any reason
Ineffective police presence throughout the country. Rampant lawlessness, violent crime, gangs, clan and tribal violence, banditry and widespread looting;
Ongoing extreme terrorist attacks, abduction and extreme violent crime in all parts of the country including Somaliland

o 20140524; Al-Shabaab attack Somalia's parliament; 10 CIV KIA; 11 CIV WIA

o 20150327; Al-Shabaab attacks Central Hotel, Mogadishu; 20 CIV KIA

Frequent abductions of any identified western personnel including aid workers, journalists and religious representatives. Westerners abducted from Kenya often held in Somalia
Indiscriminate targeting and killing of Westerners and those working for western and international organizations throughout the country
Frequent Terrorist attacks in Mogadishu against identified foreigners;

o Mogadishu International Airport: HVT: 20151525; 3 AMISOM KIA; 1 CIV Ctr. KIA

Unpredictable, violent, demonstrations
Waterborne (a.k.a. pirates) attacks against all forms of shipping in and around Somalia's waters. Somali pirates operate over some 4 million square kilometers extending far beyond national waters. Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden remains critical threat areas
World Health Organization declared polio virus public health emergency of international concern and has issued recommendations (renewed in February 2015) that may affect travel to Somalia

Well that just looks insane.

[KBScobravert]

so no more 6 month stents. bet the ole lady will be happy about that. how long will you be gone at a time?

I will be eligible for 21 days off after every 75 on. Since this is a short contract, I am thinking of taking a short 2 weeks at the half way point. I will still earn paid time off each week and if I don't use it, I can cash it in at the end of the contract or roll it over to the next assignment they put me on. If I remember right, I will earn 7.5 hours a week.

She has put up with me being gone for up to 6 months, once. If anything, it will be my daughter that will miss me the most. It will be tough on both of us BUT this current oilfield rotation keeps the little one used to me leaving.

I dunno man, I couldnt leave the kids for that long. Sounds more like something that you want to do rather than what is best for the fam.

Denny hit it on the head. We did the math, when I was gone in Afghanistan, I was home the same amount that I am now in the oilfield making a fraction of what I used to. Money can't buy happiness or time with my family but it gives them a better quality of life. It isn't easy and it certainly isn't for everyone.

You guys need medics?

Do you have a Secret or better clearance that went final no more than 10 years ago? Medics with a Secret and prior combat experience can get a job in a heartbeat. Triple Canopy, Xe (Blackwater), there are a bunch of them that would take you with those qualifications.

[D. Lil]

You guys need medics?

[Gtracer]

Not really. It can put the family in a financial situation that cannot be had otherwise. Some families can handle a member going out to work for a few months,at a time. You can spend a lot of time together in between while most are still chasing their asses just to make this month's bills. Working 8-12 hours a day plus an hour commute before and after work sounds like mindless bullshit to some of us. I've done that and saw very little of my family that way too.

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I dunno man, I couldnt leave the kids for that long. Sounds more like something that you want to do rather than what is best for the fam.

[Matt]

Not going to be gone that long at a time.

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so no more 6 month stents. bet the ole lady will be happy about that. how long will you be gone at a time?

[KBScobravert]

congrats?

I appreciate it. Hopefully on my 18hrs off tomorrow I can catch the guy on the phone to get more details

[KBScobravert]

If you need someone clear the motor out or to dust the cobwebs off the cobra while you are gone, just let me know

Not going to be gone that long at a time.

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[KBScobravert]

"security professional willing to kill for food and a little coin" doesn't really go over well huh?

No. It would basically mean you missed the mark.

[Baron Von Crowder]

congrats?

[Gtracer]

Nearly impossible unless you have already worked this stuff before. Easier if you have a trade AND prior military though.

"security professional willing to kill for food and a little coin" doesn't really go over well huh?

[Matt]

If you need someone clear the motor out or to dust the cobwebs off the cobra while you are gone, just let me know

[KBScobravert]

That's pretty awesome, bro! I've retired myself from that stuff, but if I could get a gig that would allow the family to go (and a nice environment), I'd be down.

Helloooo payday!

Thanks. I have been the squeaky wheel for a year now. Good luck finding a "nice environment"

Good luck Keith. I would love to do contracting work over here but I'm afraid i would be a single man if i did.

Mine is very supportive and having lived this way for so many years, she is used to it.

Good luck, I loved the money, but the wife said she was tired of being alone, I had to do something for us to be together. Be careful in that part of the world, like you said, it's a shithole!

Thanks

Balls man, congrats!

Thabks

This, and don't you have a really young child to leave behind as well? They grow up so fast in the beginning, you're gonna miss out on a lot. Just my $0.02, you can give me the change when you get back.

It will be the hardest part. She just turned 3 and everyday is a memory I won't get back.

Good luck, if frac was hot right now youd probably be home about the same amount of time.

Even if I can stay on a contracting job all year, I will be home a few days longer than I would be in frac.

How do you get into these gigs if you're just starting out? Just say that I wanted to go work overseas to make some coin..

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Nearly impossible unless you have already worked this stuff before. Easier if you have a trade AND prior military though.