Posted: 12/21/2012 5:17:36 AM EDT
|
They changed contracts, and we can't get most Rip-Its anymore. Specifically, the citrus ones are a no-go. There's some green shitty "zombie piss" looking stuff that tastes about as good as that description sounds, and that's what they call the "citrus energy drink" at the class 1.
Well....it's good to have friends in Dubai. 
I got 2 boxes today, 65 pounds each. Nothing but flats of sugar-free citrus rip-its. From the way I've been treated by those who saw them before I had a chance to hide them, I'm thinking of changing my name to Hajji Ferret Sahhib as it seems more appropriate. Lawl. |
|
Quoted:
No RipIts? Thats the only way we survived intensive operations in Iraq. You poor bastards. It blows dick. Im surviving on dr pepper. its not as potent. Im on a 3:1 ratio right now. thats 9 DP for a 12 hour shift where as I could do 3 rip its augmented with water on that same shift. Its horrible |
|
Quoted:
dear god that will make you even fatter than the typical Security Forces member. i don't use the SF acronym they love to use because, frankly, they haven't earned that acronym. No we sure havent, Im just a lazy typer. The only ones who earn their badge and beret are the dog handlers. How do you think i earned my CAM |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
dear god that will make you even fatter than the typical Security Forces member. i don't use the SF acronym they love to use because, frankly, they haven't earned that acronym. No we sure havent, Im just a lazy typer. The only ones who earn their badge and beret are the dog handlers. How do you think i earned my CAM SF means Special Forces. Not Air Force police. MWD or not.
FWIW, I know plenty of guys who are in comm, intel, and vehicle maintenance who have AFCAMs, and a couple even have BSM's with V's. They still don't feel the need to refer to themselves with Special Forces' acronym. 
|
|
Quoted:
All we get are the GI and grape ones 
We cant even get the them on Condor so we all have to walk to the embassy to get any. Plus we have a two pound weight limit on incoming packages 
I hate my fucking life  You might want to double check the weight limit. You should be allowed up to 70lbs since you are a CAC holder. We might only have a 8-9 cases of rip its but we make up for it with Gatorade, Pitbull's, and soda to make up for it. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-09_653_zps1f753a71.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-32_974_zps86d5886b.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-37_167_zps991ad1ea.jpg We also have a couple extra glock magazines. I wish I could ship these out.
http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-14-12_201_zps2fa9b519.jpg |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
All we get are the GI and grape ones
We cant even get the them on Condor so we all have to walk to the embassy to get any. Plus we have a two pound weight limit on incoming packages
I hate my fucking life You might want to double check the weight limit. You should be allowed up to 70lbs since you are a CAC holder. We might only have a 8-9 cases of rip its but we make up for it with Gatorade, Pitbull's, and soda to make up for it. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-09_653_zps1f753a71.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-32_974_zps86d5886b.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-37_167_zps991ad1ea.jpg We also have a couple extra glock magazines. I wish I could ship these out.
http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-14-12_201_zps2fa9b519.jpg Ive looked at the weight regs. We are BESF Support Staff, not DOS employees so we dont get any freedoms. And from what we're hearing, mail service altogether is going to be discontinued. AND, we wont be able to eat at the Embassy DFAC unless on duty. Whole lots of bullshit coming down the line. |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
All we get are the GI and grape ones
We cant even get the them on Condor so we all have to walk to the embassy to get any. Plus we have a two pound weight limit on incoming packages
I hate my fucking life You might want to double check the weight limit. You should be allowed up to 70lbs since you are a CAC holder. We might only have a 8-9 cases of rip its but we make up for it with Gatorade, Pitbull's, and soda to make up for it. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-09_653_zps1f753a71.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-32_974_zps86d5886b.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-37_167_zps991ad1ea.jpg We also have a couple extra glock magazines. I wish I could ship these out.
http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-14-12_201_zps2fa9b519.jpg Ive looked at the weight regs. We are BESF Support Staff, not DOS employees so we dont get any freedoms. And from what we're hearing, mail service altogether is going to be discontinued. AND, we wont be able to eat at the Embassy DFAC unless on duty. Whole lots of bullshit coming down the line. Sorry to hear that, bubba. You'd think that you'd get better support from the people you protect. I thought being denied .mil medical services, PX and Commissary was a little petty, but no MAIL?
|
|
Quoted:
Wow, that's really shitty. Hopefully it's just rumors. Lets hope. Supposedly there was email traffic about it, but I havent seen it. Its not like I eat over there much anyways, there is only four posts within walking distance and two are right next to embassy annexes that have their own food rooms. Ive gotten a total of 5 packages, two of which I ordered and two were christmas packages. Ive got one order on the way now and as long as it gets here I dont care. |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
All we get are the GI and grape ones
We cant even get the them on Condor so we all have to walk to the embassy to get any. Plus we have a two pound weight limit on incoming packages
I hate my fucking life You might want to double check the weight limit. You should be allowed up to 70lbs since you are a CAC holder. We might only have a 8-9 cases of rip its but we make up for it with Gatorade, Pitbull's, and soda to make up for it. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-09_653_zps1f753a71.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-32_974_zps86d5886b.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-37_167_zps991ad1ea.jpg We also have a couple extra glock magazines. I wish I could ship these out.
http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-14-12_201_zps2fa9b519.jpg Ive looked at the weight regs. We are BESF Support Staff, not DOS employees so we dont get any freedoms. And from what we're hearing, mail service altogether is going to be discontinued. AND, we wont be able to eat at the Embassy DFAC unless on duty. Whole lots of bullshit coming down the line. Sorry to hear that, bubba. You'd think that you'd get better support from the people you protect. I thought being denied .mil medical services, PX and Commissary was a little petty, but no MAIL? That can be said about most of the gubment and look what it got Ambassador Stevens. Thats the whole reason I still have a job. There were talking about pulling some of our manning but the Iraqi PM said fuck that shit. We ultimately protect him as well as 6 or 7 other embassies. |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
All we get are the GI and grape ones
We cant even get the them on Condor so we all have to walk to the embassy to get any. Plus we have a two pound weight limit on incoming packages
I hate my fucking life You might want to double check the weight limit. You should be allowed up to 70lbs since you are a CAC holder. We might only have a 8-9 cases of rip its but we make up for it with Gatorade, Pitbull's, and soda to make up for it. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-09_653_zps1f753a71.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-32_974_zps86d5886b.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-37_167_zps991ad1ea.jpg We also have a couple extra glock magazines. I wish I could ship these out.
http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-14-12_201_zps2fa9b519.jpg Ive looked at the weight regs. We are BESF Support Staff, not DOS employees so we dont get any freedoms. And from what we're hearing, mail service altogether is going to be discontinued. AND, we wont be able to eat at the Embassy DFAC unless on duty. Whole lots of bullshit coming down the line. Sorry to hear that, bubba. You'd think that you'd get better support from the people you protect. I thought being denied .mil medical services, PX and Commissary was a little petty, but no MAIL? That can be said about most of the gubment and look what it got Ambassador Stevens. Thats the whole reason I still have a job. There were talking about pulling some of our manning but the Iraqi PM said fuck that shit. We ultimately protect him as well as 6 or 7 other embassies. I hope you continue to remain gainfully employed, but would prefer you were treated better. I have seen the wages, benefits, leave, and living conditions going steadily down for contractors just over the last 2 years. It's getting pretty damned bad, actually. I'm glad I have my job, but the base pay is only only about 2/3 of what I was making in Kosovo in 2004, and requires a hell of a lot more experience, judgment, responsibility, and stress. Not to mention I actually have to commute through Saudi traffic.
Send me back to Afghanistan to ride on the side of shit trucks or sit in a tower with a PKM instead. Less dangerous.
|
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
All we get are the GI and grape ones
We cant even get the them on Condor so we all have to walk to the embassy to get any. Plus we have a two pound weight limit on incoming packages
I hate my fucking life You might want to double check the weight limit. You should be allowed up to 70lbs since you are a CAC holder. We might only have a 8-9 cases of rip its but we make up for it with Gatorade, Pitbull's, and soda to make up for it. http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-09_653_zps1f753a71.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-32_974_zps86d5886b.jpg http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-12-37_167_zps991ad1ea.jpg We also have a couple extra glock magazines. I wish I could ship these out.
http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag108/EODTech87/2013-01-23_10-14-12_201_zps2fa9b519.jpg Ive looked at the weight regs. We are BESF Support Staff, not DOS employees so we dont get any freedoms. And from what we're hearing, mail service altogether is going to be discontinued. AND, we wont be able to eat at the Embassy DFAC unless on duty. Whole lots of bullshit coming down the line. Sorry to hear that, bubba. You'd think that you'd get better support from the people you protect. I thought being denied .mil medical services, PX and Commissary was a little petty, but no MAIL? That can be said about most of the gubment and look what it got Ambassador Stevens. Thats the whole reason I still have a job. There were talking about pulling some of our manning but the Iraqi PM said fuck that shit. We ultimately protect him as well as 6 or 7 other embassies. I hope you continue to remain gainfully employed, but would prefer you were treated better. I have seen the wages, benefits, leave, and living conditions going steadily down for contractors just over the last 2 years. It's getting pretty damned bad, actually. I'm glad I have my job, but the base pay is only only about 2/3 of what I was making in Kosovo in 2004, and requires a hell of a lot more experience, judgment, responsibility, and stress. Not to mention I actually have to commute through Saudi traffic.
Send me back to Afghanistan to ride on the side of shit trucks or sit in a tower with a PKM instead. Less dangerous. What do you do? |
|
Quoted:
Quoted:
What do you do? He cant tell you without killing you afterwards. I tried to ask but he just stopped me. Its a contractor thing. I work at a security operations center desk or at a gate at a joint US/Saudi military facility in Saudi Arabia. The dangerous part is having a 20km commute through Saudi traffic. They average 29 vehicular deaths per 100K people per year, here. The US averages about 12.3. |