Well the reason that they offer a lot of $$ is because they are in as much danger as the troops. They go out on patrols with us and they live on the FOB like the rest of us. But they do not get weapons, so they compensate them with $$.
On 1/17/07, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've really been thinking about it a lot, and have applied to several of > the > contracting companies that provide security forces and such (blackwater > and > so forth). > > We'll see. > > I've had a couple more bites from State, NSA and others so it's going to > be > all good :) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: 12% Support More Troops > > > > They offer a boatload to anyone going over to do civ work. > > > > I used to pull data cabling, I got an offer of well into six figures to > go > > over and yank fiber optics for an infrastructure rebuild. I couldn't > stand > > watching my mom almost cry when i told her I was thinking about it... so > > that shot that idea... nothing is worth making my mom worry that much. > > > > sas > > > > Scott A. Stewart > > REAC/PASS-IT > > (202)-475-8875 > > > > > > > > > > "Bruce Sorge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 01/17/2007 11:35 AM > > Please respond to cf-community > > > > > > To: CF-Community <[email protected]> > > cc: (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD) > > Subject: Re: 12% Support More Troops > > > > > > They do hire real life Arabs. When I was in Iraq we had several men from > > Sudan who were working with the HUMINT personnel doing interviews. The > > ones > > that the military hires are from countries we trust. And yes, they offer > a > > boat load of $$ to them. > > > > On 1/17/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> They've been trying for years. Americans aren't interested in learning > >> and the foreigners don't think they'll get security clearance. I know > >> that three years ago they were offering well over $100k+ for > >> translators. > >> > >> On 1/17/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Why can't we hire real life Arabs, instead of just some American who > >> learned > >> > Arabic? Everyone has their price, right? > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224934 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
