Jobs in Iraq?

[Molly]

Medik - In one breath you say you aren't bagging on me. In the next you say this

Face it, if you weren't as greedy as you are, and you truly had a penchant for doing your duty to our military, you'd be in the military doing your thing for your country.

Well darling, if being over here making money makes me greedy I guess we all are. Every one of us is trying to make more and more money to support our family, our hobbies, our lives. I was raised in a very rural Kansas town where military recruiters didn't come. I never knew it was an option. Nobody ever talked to us. We all just went back to the farms or off to college. I can't join in any case due to medical reasons. They wouldn't let me when I finally got in contact with a recruiter. Same goes for my husband who was rejected due to his asthmatic condition. My Father-In-Law is a CSM in the Air Force. My father was rejected from service due to knee problems. Both my grandfathers served in WWII in the Navy.

USMC - I'm in Afghanistan, not Iraq. I don't know if you were talking about Afghan or Iraq. We don't have many Marines around here. I work with mostly Army folks and contracters like myself run all comms here on base. My husband has been here since the VERY beginning of the war and has built the whole network from the ground up. He's now head of setting up the FOB sites for comms.

I try not to judge everyone from a few people, but so far most of the army guys really look down at us and are pretty mean. I got yelled at for wearing an Army PT T-shirt. I didn't know it was a PT shirt and I had run out of a shirts and just got here so I grabbed one at the PX. It was pretty obvious I was a civlian however from my dress and my badges. I haven't had 1 good experience with Marines, but I try to keep my mind open. I was attacked and raped by a Marine when I was at home and he had gotten out about a year before. All he kept saying was "I'm a Marine, I can do whatever I want". It scarred my perception of the military, but I try to shove it to the back of my mind and remain open b/c I know not ALL Marines are like that.


I didn't mean to cause a huge commotion, but I was really riled by Medik trying to divert people from helping. We need people over here and every person is a blessing.

Peace,

Molly