KBR Salaries, Bonuses and Benefits.

Gabriele,

That is great news! I am sure he is happy to be so needed, lol!

Gabriele in troy, Montana said: Hubby called, wooohhooooo. He is at BTC and has no clue where he will be going from there. 3 different units want him. So we will see. Was just so nice to hear from him. He has been inprocessing and trying to get his hours switched around.

Gabi that is so great. So he wasn't in Dubai very long. 3 different units, eh? Tell him its nice to be wanted. ;-)

Gabriele in troy, Montana said: hapegirl, can you email me? want to show you something.
tekgirl62@hotmail.com

Gabi, ck your email.

Fan7 in The South said: I spent a month there. When I left the conditions were nice. Great billeting, great DFAC, great gym, great MWR. It did get a bit muddy though when it rained. I enjoyed my short stay there. Some like it there, some don't. I found it relatively quiet as compared to my 2 yrs at Anaconda. I would pick Diamondback over Anaconda any day.

Good Luck

Kool! That makes feel alot better. how about houseing?

Hey George,

Congratulations....... now step by step details. Have a wonderful week. Yea...... You go guy. Your wife and baby will be so proud of you.

Koko Wilson in AS, Florida said: If you go to flickr and put in camp daimondback you will find a few pictures for visual of. I note there is even a shot of a KBR contractor–he got the–Oh what ever those red thingies are that they wear about there neck with the KBR logo. But be warned, it also pulls up a bunch of pictures of daimondback–snakes! But if you click on the picture of and from the camp there are some photo stream shots. Also check out Globalsecurity. It has a listing of all the camps with some info.

Thanks Koko I'll do that.

Evening all..
Boy it's hard to post just trying to keep up with the reading.
Hope you all are well. 28 days until R&R...geez didn't think we'd ever get to that! I am so glad for Debbie, and hope she's enjoying herself! Switch that mean you are up next right? Then me then comes Jdc...provided she can hold out that long..(Crossing my fingers for you). Carrigon hang tight woman...snow doesn't last...this from me who has built up biceps from this winter ! Putting my paperwork so I can go back to school in the fall, so busy with that and my own honey-do list before Chris gets here. Good thing hubby is HVAC since he needs to look at ours! Welcome to the boards everyone and be safe on your journey! I miss you all but it gets too hectic with life to get on here and read everything and then post! Koko, you will do great with Skype..it helps tons and I don't have little ones at home....just the "Dawg". Ok...off to get another package around for my boy...it's now taking 10 days to get to Bagram versus the 5-6. Guess it's cause of all the new troops coming in.
Have a good night all...
Beth

Farmingtom,New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico said: Kool! That makes feel alot better. how about houseing?

The housing was great -- You had a room on each side of the bathroom, typical KBR housing unless you are in tent. The rooms were both reasonably big by KBR standards. What I mean by that is you could extend both arms out, wall-to-wall, and not actually touch anything. In other words, you could move around without feeling like you were stuck in a matchbox, LOL.

Certainly not the Ritz, but I have seen worse KBR housing...

Beth, great to see you pop in! Please take care and enjoy the countdown *smile*

blessed2bme in Adrian, Michigan said: Congrats on hearing from him Gabi...those first few weeks are going to be long hours aren't they?

Yes blessed they are going to be long, in 30 years we only been apart about 6 month altogether. Worry about he old coot :-).

I asked him too if it was nice to be so needed, lol. Hope he gets to stay where he is at right at the moment. Guy from Billings MT is his foreman. They can talk about buffalo hunting in off time, :-).

No Koko, he wasn't in Dubai very long. He said everytime his end of the line got anywhere near the phone it was chow time, or meeting. Plus, he had to actually spend some time reading instructions for calling card.lol stuborn man.
Gabi

BethB05 in Southern Tier, New York said: Evening all..
Boy it's hard to post just trying to keep up with the reading.
Hope you all are well. 28 days until R&R...geez didn't think we'd ever get to that! I am so glad for Debbie, and hope she's enjoying herself! Switch that mean you are up next right? Then me then comes Jdc...provided she can hold out that long..(Crossing my fingers for you). Carrigon hang tight woman...snow doesn't last...this from me who has built up biceps from this winter ! Putting my paperwork so I can go back to school in the fall, so busy with that and my own honey-do list before Chris gets here. Good thing hubby is HVAC since he needs to look at ours! Welcome to the boards everyone and be safe on your journey! I miss you all but it gets too hectic with life to get on here and read everything and then post! Koko, you will do great with Skype..it helps tons and I don't have little ones at home....just the "Dawg". Ok...off to get another package around for my boy...it's now taking 10 days to get to Bagram versus the 5-6. Guess it's cause of all the new troops coming in.
Have a good night all...
Beth

My hubby is at baghram too, was wondering why he didn't get his package yesterday.. He says mail only runs 1-2 times a week, depending on the weather!

Ok everyone, I finished up my work for the day–do not now how I manage in between board post-- so I am for bed. Talked to hubby this evening and his time is his own till hold over meeting at 6:PM tomorrow since he doesn’t have any appointment for Monday. Gonna watch The Out of Towners–the older version, not the remake with Jack Lemon. Bought for hubby to send over later, but thought I would screen it first. ;-) Hope everyone has a good evening.

Fan you take care over there, & come back often. Love your insight.

Gabi, hubby has promised to practive using his from Houston before he leaves. He says lot of the guys are struggling with them what with the codes.

Switch, tomorrow will be 9 days and counting I think.

Debbie thinking of you and your hubby having a good time.

George, you and Doug and anyone else that touched us this week, know we will be holding our breath for you.

bparsons in Newport News, Virginia said: Hi everyone! My husband is currently in Sharana, Afghanistan. He left for Houston on January 12th and it's been a LONG month and a half! I am so glad to finally get on this site...I have been trying for a while and desperately need the camaraderie.\

So my first question, whose husband is in Sharana and whose does HVAC?

You have no idea how happy I am!

welcome girl!!

Evening jdcs wife, get the little on down?

little one even, need my glasses.

Fan7 in The South said: The housing was great -- You had a room on each side of the bathroom, typical KBR housing unless you are in tent. The rooms were both reasonably big by KBR standards. What I mean by that is you could extend both arms out, wall-to-wall, and not actually touch anything. In other words, you could move around without feeling like you were stuck in a matchbox, LOL.

Certainly not the Ritz, but I have seen worse KBR housing...

Rite on! Sorry about all da questions but I I'm just alittle nervous.

Farmingtom,New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico said: Rite on! Sorry about all da questions but I I'm just alittle nervous.

No worries, ask away! I will help if I can, if not, there are plenty of good folks here who will point you in the right direction! Take care *smile*

Koko, I will peek in when I can. You gals do such a great job on your own, LOL! Have a great night...

Thanks. Good nite!

bparsons in Newport News, Virginia said: I am hoping for the big snow storm on the east coast of VA. A big storm consists of about an inch, mind you. But schools close and considering I am a teacher, I will be doing the snow dance : )

We had 2 inches today - in MIDDLE GEORGIA! Storm seems to be heading your way. Hope you get your share.

blessed2bme in Adrian, Michigan said: Still no one headed down on the 15th? Wow, Brad's class is going to be small...lol He did say there were only about seven ppl on his conference call this time and last time he thought it was more like 30-40...

I'm going down on the 15th, MHE. There was only 4-5 guys on my conference call
Feel free to e-mail me,
rnbotrt@hotmail.com

BethB05 in Southern Tier, New York said: Evening all..
Boy it's hard to post just trying to keep up with the reading.
Hope you all are well. 28 days until R&R...geez didn't think we'd ever get to that! I am so glad for Debbie, and hope she's enjoying herself! Switch that mean you are up next right? Then me then comes Jdc...provided she can hold out that long..(Crossing my fingers for you). Carrigon hang tight woman...snow doesn't last...this from me who has built up biceps from this winter ! Putting my paperwork so I can go back to school in the fall, so busy with that and my own honey-do list before Chris gets here. Good thing hubby is HVAC since he needs to look at ours! Welcome to the boards everyone and be safe on your journey! I miss you all but it gets too hectic with life to get on here and read everything and then post! Koko, you will do great with Skype..it helps tons and I don't have little ones at home....just the "Dawg". Ok...off to get another package around for my boy...it's now taking 10 days to get to Bagram versus the 5-6. Guess it's cause of all the new troops coming in.
Have a good night all...
Beth

Just got in from shoveling the sidewalk off...first swipe and it's still coming down hard! But I thought it was a good idea to do a little at a time. They changed the forecast from 10 - 14" to 6 - 9" so that's a little better! Wasn't looking forward to a whole foot...

Tstorm,,,did I read that right? I can grow my goatee back after the NBC training?? I've got 21 year old daughters that have never seen my chin,,I'll feel naked without hair on my face!!

rnbotrt in Kalispell, Montana said: Tstorm,,,did I read that right? I can grow my goatee back after the NBC training?? I've got 21 year old daughters that have never seen my chin,,I'll feel naked without hair on my face!!

if i were you i would just trim it as long as you can get a seal on the mask its fine. over here i work with a guy who looks like grizzly adams LOL you can have a beard etc over here the whole thing about it in houston is getting that mask to seal. they will tell you if they think its to long or thick to get a seal

I'm putting together a website with logcap tips and a forum. Anyone have some pics from over there you would be willing to let me use? No photo credits will be posted and any people either cannot be recognizable or grant permission for me to use their image. This is a hobby project - free of charge - to help others with the free info I have found. I won't be charging to use the site but I will have ads and take donations so I don't have a lot of funds to purchase pics.
Of course I do like this site and not use pics... Input on features welcomed as well. I'm not that great on the creative design but I can program just about any feature needed...

Thanks for input!

Patrick K in Eatonton, Georgia said: I'm putting together a website with logcap tips and a forum. Anyone have some pics from over there you would be willing to let me use? No photo credits will be posted and any people either cannot be recognizable or grant permission for me to use their image. This is a hobby project - free of charge - to help others with the free info I have found. I won't be charging to use the site but I will have ads and take donations so I don't have a lot of funds to purchase pics.
Of course I do like this site and not use pics... Input on features welcomed as well. I'm not that great on the creative design but I can program just about any feature needed...

Thanks for input!

Also I'm not looking for any website work... It's not fun unless I do it as a hobby.

email: pk@vscapes.com

George Turner in Texas said: jz19, doug, did yall make it yet?

Nope i am hoping to get travel for this sunday. Only time will tell, as long as i can get my doctor to understand that she holds a 85k piece of paper in her hands and needs to fax it i might be ok..lol Hope all i told you helps. Good luck and if i can leave sunday, i will see you out there for a couple days maybe.

jordan golden in douglasville, Georgia said: journeyman electrician

Jordan - if you get over there & they still need more sparktricians tell them I'm available.

I've got Georgia Masters license but would be will to go for Journey as well.

I have applied with all the LOGCAP companies I can find but no calls yet.

Are you in the Local 613?

~Thanks!

blessed2bme in Adrian, Michigan said: Still no one headed down on the 15th? Wow, Brad's class is going to be small...lol He did say there were only about seven ppl on his conference call this time and last time he thought it was more like 30-40...

there was only 13 for my conference call but when i got to houston, there were 400 people in my class. Really full.

blessed2bme in Adrian, Michigan said: POA??? Ok, I'm in work mode again...is it obvious? lol So do we need to see a lawyer or wil a DIY POA hold up. Any suggestions in either direction?

either way they are good, i went to an attorney who did mine for 75. Took less than an hour to have done. I know alot of the ladies on here were doing their own. I just went to attorney to have one less piece of paper to fill out..lol

rnbotrt in Kalispell, Montana said: Tstorm,,,did I read that right? I can grow my goatee back after the NBC training?? I've got 21 year old daughters that have never seen my chin,,I'll feel naked without hair on my face!!

I have pictures of some friends with full beards and riding mini choppers that they bought in the states and had them broke down in 70 lb. boxs and sent to alasad and then re-assembled them pretty cool. So they look like bikers but there in iraq. go to any length to ride bikes

Wow, I keep forgetting to ask about the POA,,are they really necessary?? I've already got my taxes done, but I'm not sure what might come up while I'm gone???

What do you ladies think?? I trust my wife completely, so that's not the issue. Do you all think I should get one just for her peace of mind??

rnbotrt in Kalispell, Montana said: Wow, I keep forgetting to ask about the POA,,are they really necessary?? I've already got my taxes done, but I'm not sure what might come up while I'm gone???

What do you ladies think?? I trust my wife completely, so that's not the issue. Do you all think I should get one just for her peace of mind??

Well i am no lady..lol but i think it is a great idea. I got mine because if for any reason she needs to sell something or take care of any of my company needs she has that power. The trust is also there with my wife, plus she knows it will be impossible for her to hide from me...lol She takes care of everything now as it is, just want to make sure she will have no problems when i am gone. Also i want here to redo our morgage loan to get a better rate when the time is right to save some money so we had to have it for that. I would say do it, cuz you never know what might come up in a year.

rnbotrt in Kalispell, Montana said: Wow, I keep forgetting to ask about the POA,,are they really necessary?? I've already got my taxes done, but I'm not sure what might come up while I'm gone???

What do you ladies think?? I trust my wife completely, so that's not the issue. Do you all think I should get one just for her peace of mind??

We've been married 15 years and he doesn't even have a debit card, I don't even know if he knows where we bank, LOL, so trust isn't an issue here either. I know we need one, Jason is right, you never know what might come up in a year and if like us, not everything has both names on it, she will NEED it.

A few months ago I had a question about something on our car payment. It's in his name alone but he long ago added me as an autorized person on the account. When I called they wouldn't talk to me and said that in November they changed their policy, it had to be written and verbal before they would accept the permission for him to add me. Had he already been gone, I would have been SOL.

tony magana in west coast said: I have pictures of some friends with full beards and riding mini choppers that they bought in the states and had them broke down in 70 lb. boxs and sent to alasad and then re-assembled them pretty cool. So they look like bikers but there in iraq. go to any length to ride bikes

LOL thats where i am to be going is al-asad. I dont know many clean shaven carpenters and i havent had a shaven chin since i was in the army. I know when i left for houston i felt like a different person without my goat. Now that i have been able to grow it back i will be a little bummed to have to shave it again when i get back.....if i can get back.

blessed2bme in Adrian, Michigan said: We've been married 15 years and he doesn't even have a debit card, I don't even know if he knows where we bank, LOL, so trust isn't an issue here either. I know we need one, Jason is right, you never know what might come up in a year and if like us, not everything has both names on it, she will NEED it.

A few months ago I had a question about something on our car payment. It's in his name alone but he long ago added me as an autorized person on the account. When I called they wouldn't talk to me and said that in November they changed their policy, it had to be written and verbal before they would accept the permission for him to add me. Had he already been gone, I would have been SOL.

I ran into that same problem last year before my hubby got layed off. I think everything has to be in writing anymore.

rnbotrt in Kalispell, Montana said: Wow, I keep forgetting to ask about the POA,,are they really necessary?? I've already got my taxes done, but I'm not sure what might come up while I'm gone???

What do you ladies think?? I trust my wife completely, so that's not the issue. Do you all think I should get one just for her peace of mind??

yup you want a POA, any accounts that you are head of she can't do anything with out one. Even Insurance. If you need a montana one I have one I can email.

Gabi

Just in case check to see if you need to register your poa with the courts in your county.

Thanks Gabi,,,rnbotrt@hotmail.com

Also, just in case someone hasn't thought about it, update your wills.

Gabi,

They vary by state? I haven't googled yet because I have a feeling this is going to be one of those things that's going to take a little digging...I really don't want to drag him out to yet another appointment to see a lawyer for this, I know he has a lot of hurry up and wait ahead of him so I am trying to minimize it now and it seems every appointment we've had has been like that.

hapegirl in Clarksville, Indiana said: Just in case check to see if you need to register your poa with the courts in your county.

We filed it with Lincoln County and our Bank. Also I got our tax papers back after Fred left so it is also on file with tax preparer. Plus I have a certified copy with me. Gary, most of the time your bank will have a notary and they will noterize it for free.

blessed2bme in Adrian, Michigan said: Gabi,

They vary by state? I haven't googled yet because I have a feeling this is going to be one of those things that's going to take a little digging...I really don't want to drag him out to yet another appointment to see a lawyer for this, I know he has a lot of hurry up and wait ahead of him so I am trying to minimize it now and it seems every appointment we've had has been like that.

All you would have to change to make it work for your state is delete where it says: State of Montana.... County of....
Is change it to your state. Simple, and way cheaper than a friend of ours did. Funny thing is, his POA is identical to mine. Same thing. Just that laywer will charge you arm and leg for his ink and handwriting.

Gabriele in troy, Montana said: We filed it with Lincoln County and our Bank. Also I got our tax papers back after Fred left so it is also on file with tax preparer. Plus I have a certified copy with me. Gary, most of the time your bank will have a notary and they will noterize it for free.

Gabi,
Sorry I am nagging you...I am primary on our bank, should I still file it? I only ask because we still bank in the county we moved from, almost an hour away, I know not practical but I love our bank. He's gonna have a fit if I have to drag him back over to Monroe, lol. We had to go once to get a new copy of his BC and he couldn't get out of there fast enough, lol.

I always tease my husband that if he ever went to sign anything they would charge him with forgery. lol

Could you email me a copy? lenaweelactivist@yahoo.com...
Thanks!!!

blessed2bme in Adrian, Michigan said: Gabi,
Sorry I am nagging you...I am primary on our bank, should I still file it? I only ask because we still bank in the county we moved from, almost an hour away, I know not practical but I love our bank. He's gonna have a fit if I have to drag him back over to Monroe, lol. We had to go once to get a new copy of his BC and he couldn't get out of there fast enough, lol.

You don't have to file it wit the bank, just make sure you have a certified copy. that way if for some reason they want to see it you got it.
We filed it because we have business account as well as business loan on equipment through ours besides our private stuff. I am 50% owner of business and can make any decision without Freds aproval. Just covers my butt and cuts down on paperwork in case off.
Make sure you do check with the county to see if you have to file it.

hapegirl in Clarksville, Indiana said: I always tease my husband that if he ever went to sign anything they would charge him with forgery. lol

Hapegirl, I had to vouch that it was hubby's paycheck when he went to cash it in upstate NY when we lived there. I had been signing and cahsing his checks for 9 month.

But now, I get to do it in front of banks, instead of the car.

Blessed, you got mail

ok, sinus meds have kicked in. Not only is my typing going down hill, but so am I. Droooooppyyyy lol.
Night everbody

Gabriele in troy, Montana said: Hapegirl, I had to vouch that it was hubby's paycheck when he went to cash it in upstate NY when we lived there. I had been signing and cahsing his checks for 9 month.

But now, I get to do it in front of banks, instead of the car.[/QUOT

LOL I think our bank is so use to me coming in doing the banking, and signing loan papers for him they don't even blink.LOL