Living in The Mideast - Part 9
My company is a div of a Texas based Corp. It helps to be from the states Tex, LA, Ok or from the oil and gas industry. I happen to be a Yankee from the north. My BS degree never really helped me too much here. At first I was a little resentful of the system but I got over it. I have met a lot of nice people and a few stinkers but this is pretty much like it is in any co. I adjusted and have managed to stay longer than most. A while back I decided that I would go where ever they needed me within reason. Some jobs were hard manual labor, some were computer related, some operating heavy equipment. I did manage to get licensed to operate large forklifts and bobcats. One job I liked was processing local purchases of inventory. You had to check the quality of the materials, make sure the quantities were correct and make sure they weren't trying to bring double orders. There are a few shady characters everywhere. Kuwait was no exception. Sometimes you wondered if they were overcharging and had to reject what they delivered. All the products were being sent to Iraq.
Everything was carefully processed and packed for transport northward and there was a lot of paperwork involved. Another job that I was sent on was for working on Camp Arifjan with the Force Provider system. Force Provider is a system the govt. has to send complete support for a force of 300 into the field. The containers that I was working on were being re-inspected and sent back to the US for future missions. I helped inspect 400-500 containers, did inventory of materials as well as take down old Army Tents as a side project.
The fun thing at this site was I got to ride around in a John Deer Gator. It was fun to drive out on the desert in my spare time and chase fast Lizards that would go back down in holes in the ground. I also got to ride in a couple of Army Humvees also. This was probably my favorite job. Like all good things, I was needed elsewhere and went to work at the Laydown Yard also on Arifjan. This was hot and hard work there. That 140f in the shade there was hard to take. I remember the heat rashes and my sore feet at the end of the day.
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John Sprague is a resident of Bellingham,MA and is presently living and working in the Mideast.
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