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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 521
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Being from South Louisiana, I have cooks that are very willing to provide that service, however, they are only allowed to cook at forward operating bases because KBR has the contract at major operations bases and foward bases are "too dangerous" for KBR. Most of the time cooks are manning gun trucks and escorting convoys on combat missions instead of cooking, again because KBR has the contract.
I expect a fair days work for fair pay, nothing more. I just have a hard time explaining to my soldiers (and since we are National Guard, many have college degrees) how contractors here can make 3 or 4 times what they currently make with no education or skills. Believe me, KBR likes to brag to my soldiers about how they are making all this $$ and don't even have to leave the wire.
And yes, we do get Combat Pay here. A whopping $250 a month. Sure makes a big difference.
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Mark Howard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2023 Taycan GTS
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