Anyone have info on contractor jobs in iraq?
01-25-2010, 03:41 PM
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Anyone have info on contractor jobs in iraq? Im in iraq right now and i been thinkin about doing the contracting thing after im done with the army, which is in a year and a half! i been hearing stuff about KBR and how there not that great so if you guys can give me some other good companies to check out i would really appreciate it! im looking for the ones that will pay full R&R and pay really great!!! please help me out, Thanks guys and stay safe!
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Aint nutin else but 11B!!! OIF7 BABY!!!
01-26-2010, 03:53 PM
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With that amount of experience dont expect to be making the kind of crazy money you hear talked about. If you were more in my line of work I could give you more help but I dont know to much for a 11B. Sorry I cant be more help.
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Go to GDLS.com and click on careers. Look for the Iraq region and click search. Since you're at FOB Warhorse, I think you might be with 3/2 SBCT out of Ft. Lewis. The positions for Maintenance Mechanic means you will be working on Strykers or repairing FUPPs. Being a former Stryker soldier will give you kudo points on the interview. It did for me. I used to be with the 172nd when they were a Stryker brigade in the Infantry. I just got back from doing a year in Iraq as a contractor and made $155k. I am looking at the website now and I see four open positions. PM me if you have any more questions.
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There is alot of hiring going on down here in Kuwait. Working on MRAPs. Trying to think of who all we have at the shop. It's about 1/4 mile long with about 200 trucks in it. We have Force Protection, SAIC, VSE, Ranger Land, Osh Kosh...probably some more I'm forgetting. I'm DOD and we do 16hrs a day, 7 days a week. I'll gross over 200k this year before taxes. All the contractors stay in Kuwait City either in apartments or at the Hilton or Holiday Inn. We're stuck on Arifjan.
