Cost to me of a trip to Qatar from Afghanistan: $0
Cost to the US Government:$ A lot I'm sure$
Time to get to Qatar:
- 30 hours at Bagram waiting for muster time
- 2 hours of waiting in air terminal
- 5 hours in a C130 (now I know why everyone scrambles to get on C17s instead of C130s. Jumpseats suck!)
- 1 hour in Qatari Customs
- 1 hour of waiting IN THE BUS with IBA on (no place to store them) for our security escort to show up
- 1 hour of briefs, sheets issue, and associated crap
- 0300 get to bed after starting the checks for flying 20 hours earlier.
Sleeping on a brand new mattress (8 guys to a room, but we each got our own locker) with clean sheets and total silence in a country where my cell phone doesn't work/ring: Priceless.
Cheers!
Jody
--
"...wrap your arms around your body armor, give it a big embrace, and LEARN TO LOVE THE SUCK!"
-- Sergeant First Class Jenkins, 13 JUL 08
Cost to the US Government:$ A lot I'm sure$
Time to get to Qatar:
- 30 hours at Bagram waiting for muster time
- 2 hours of waiting in air terminal
- 5 hours in a C130 (now I know why everyone scrambles to get on C17s instead of C130s. Jumpseats suck!)
- 1 hour in Qatari Customs
- 1 hour of waiting IN THE BUS with IBA on (no place to store them) for our security escort to show up
- 1 hour of briefs, sheets issue, and associated crap
- 0300 get to bed after starting the checks for flying 20 hours earlier.
Sleeping on a brand new mattress (8 guys to a room, but we each got our own locker) with clean sheets and total silence in a country where my cell phone doesn't work/ring: Priceless.
Cheers!
Jody
--
"...wrap your arms around your body armor, give it a big embrace, and LEARN TO LOVE THE SUCK!"
-- Sergeant First Class Jenkins, 13 JUL 08
2 comments:
Gosh, with all of the time it took to get there, do you get any vacation, or do you just turn around and head back?
I hope you are having a great Veteran's Day - thanks for serving our country.
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