Getting back into overseas contracting

[GhostTX]

All of them.

[Chas_svo]

How many guns are you carrying?

All of them.

[Sean88gt]

Nuts on the bush meat?

[BMCSean]

How many guns are you carrying?

[KBScobravert]

But here are some pics of Agadez.

[helosailor]

This is by far ranks in the top 3 or 4 of the wildest things I have gotten myself into. Only difference is this is a 24/7 experience.

Living on the economy in a hotel, eating local food, cruising the town running errands, visiting banks, ATMs, hanging out with locals, drinking local beer, we even found the local whore houses (completely on accident said our local driver = bullshit). Hell today we were offered AKs, RPG7, PKM, Russian pistols. I entertained the conversation until it was apparent he was for real. "2 days from Libya. Anything you want." Yes, I have a price list. lol.

The article that GrayStangGT posted is spot on the truth. This is a huge thoroughfare for trafficking. It is right there out in the open here. The human trafficking is at least. I have yet to see a weapons market like you see on TV (yes, I know, TV). That is actually what lead to the above offer for AKs, etc. We are right there in the smugglers backyard and they are already showing that they aren't happy. Even though the mission here has nothing to do with it directly, there will be an indirect impact for sure. They even tried to give us a show of force last night against our presence. I'll be happier and my job will be easier when we can move onto the base.

Damn, homie. That sounds like some Bakaara Market kind of shit. They definitely do things a little different in Africa. Keep your ears up, as if you need to be told.

[KBScobravert]

Pics/vids of said show of force?



David

Meh, just got within 50 meters of a perimeter tower and cranked out 3 rounds from an AK into the night sky.

It is a probing and harassment tactic. They were measuring the response from the tower guard and the base.

Just a message to us here that we aren't the only ones with guns in the area.

[cobrajet69]

Pics/vids of said show of force?



David

[KBScobravert]

This is by far ranks in the top 3 or 4 of the wildest things I have gotten myself into. Only difference is this is a 24/7 experience.

Living on the economy in a hotel, eating local food, cruising the town running errands, visiting banks, ATMs, hanging out with locals, drinking local beer, we even found the local whore houses (completely on accident said our local driver = bullshit). Hell today we were offered AKs, RPG7, PKM, Russian pistols. I entertained the conversation until it was apparent he was for real. "2 days from Libya. Anything you want." Yes, I have a price list. lol.

The article that GrayStangGT posted is spot on the truth. This is a huge thoroughfare for trafficking. It is right there out in the open here. The human trafficking is at least. I have yet to see a weapons market like you see on TV (yes, I know, TV). That is actually what lead to the above offer for AKs, etc. We are right there in the smugglers backyard and they are already showing that they aren't happy. Even though the mission here has nothing to do with it directly, there will be an indirect impact for sure. They even tried to give us a show of force last night against our presence. I'll be happier and my job will be easier when we can move onto the base.

[KBScobravert]

Sounds like a great place full of opportunity.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/agadez-t...bya-1437002559

If you couldn't find articles such as this, I wouldn't be here either. It's unfortunate that the job is where instability, war torn, and beneath 3rd world behavior are the norm.

[GrayStangGT]

Sounds like a great place full of opportunity.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/agadez-traffickers-profit-from-movement-through-niger-to-libya-1437002559

[helosailor]

Mt Uber driver a few days ago was Nigerian. Cool guy. Very excited to speak to someone who will be visiting his neighbor. He really talked up the people there as good folk. I'm reserving my judgment but optimistic.

Yeah, I got the impression that he was talking about the environment more so than the people.

[KBScobravert]

So the buyer for one of our accounts (he is Liberian) came in, and I was telling him the framework of this. His response was, "Oh, Agadez. I'm sorry". From a Liberian.
Look on the bright side, no hail storms!

Mt Uber driver a few days ago was Nigerian. Cool guy. Very excited to speak to someone who will be visiting his neighbor. He really talked up the people there as good folk. I'm reserving my judgment but optimistic.

[helosailor]

So the buyer for one of our accounts (he is Liberian) came in, and I was telling him the framework of this. His response was, "Oh, Agadez. I'm sorry". From a Liberian.
Look on the bright side, no hail storms!

[BMCSean]

When I was there I got eaten up by them, no one else seemed to be bothered though.