Originally Posted by SAABaroowski

Ok My fiance works as a Pharmacuetial Sales rep, she finds out today if she gets to keep her (very ucrative)job as a sales Rep.

Originally Posted by NuGuy

Heyas Saab,

I dated a girl who did that. She and I didn't really get a long. I'm fairly laid back, and she was type A to a 't'. The kind that has the cell phone/crackberry glued to her ear all the time. Kinda pushy and fairly obnoxious, at least to me.

I spend a considerable amount of effort to make my life as hassle free as possible...you know, do a lot of stuff in advance, so I can be lazy and lay around. Drove her NUTS.

No reflection on your fiance', tho. I realize that kind of job requires a certain type of "go", but man, you don't have to take it home with you.

Nu

Originally Posted by daniel0265

My problem with is not with the contractors themselves but the fact that the DOD could have used that money to first properly supply the soldiers. Think of the average soldier in a combat zone. He is under paid and not properly equipt. He then sees a contractor drive by fully armed, equipt and to pour salt on the wound, better paid. This causes soldiers to leave the service and go to the private security field. Further decreasing our military man power, losing good leaders and combat experience soldiers within the military. If the US had excess funds after being able to provide soldiers with better equipment then I would have no objections to contracting out but that has never been the case. Dedicated soldiers that are willing to go to a combat zone for his/her country should not be taken for granted by its leaders with low quality or lack of equipment. And then pay billions to contractor companies that use the same money to buy top rated equipment for their contractors and still turn a HUGE profit. Something in this just doesn't add up.

Semper Fi
HMLA-775

Originally Posted by JayDee

You nearly had me release upon you a written tirade of which you have yet to have had the privilege to see before...


We are all volunteers... There are VERY few if any Vietnam era draftees still in service today. We know full well what we signed up for. To call us whiners? When? We get paid squat, have the worst living conditions ever... Tell me when you as a commuter at a ****ty hotel ever had to think about a mortar hitting your tent and blowing your ass to hell and back? And that is even if you get a tent... Do you even know how many nights we spend in some god forsaken hole in the ground? The term Dig-In has real meaning.

We don't complain about QOL, Benefits, or Pay. We are here for a higher cause, I won't wave a flag and say we are here to fight for freedom, and protect the States... Albeit true, however, We are here for our fellow soldiers. We are one. I would gladly die for the man/woman next to me. No matter race, creed, or color.

I say again, We are one. We accomplish missions and tasks that most corporations are envious of... If the pilot group could take something from us, it would be UNITY. Our all for one and one for all mentality, would serve a good purpose for you... However, Some of you dont get it.

You name me one other profession, that you have a very good possibility of getting shot at, blown up, or otherwise hurt for 2,200.00 a month...

My point being, you should never ever, I mean ever compare the Military to a pilot group. We do things you could only imagine. We are a cohesive group. You are a bunch of smaller groups that sometimes work together...

The apples and oranges addage comes into play here. How you can even begin to compare the two, I dont know.

And no, soldiers do not have the right to complain... As a soldier you give up certain rights and privleges... Free speach is one of them. You do as you are told, all the way up. No complaints, no if ands or buts. Do your job. That is all. Everyone has a job, if we all do it, then we survive(mostly) and get to go home. If one person does not do his/her job dozens are in danger. We dont get meetings, votes, or petitions to try and change what we think needs changing...

That is about it, this post kinda long, but nothing like the scalding one I was going to put up.

Originally Posted by JetJock16

My wife’s a Dir. of HR for one of the world largest engineering firms (responsible for ORD, LAX, ALT and PHX’s expansions as well as 1000’s of infrastructure contracts worldwide) .

Originally Posted by bravo24

You think you have it bad? Let me tell you about the crap we had to put up with in Vietnam.

Just kiddin'. Thanks for your service.

Originally Posted by SAABaroowski

Jesus sounds very much like my lady

Originally Posted by bravo24

You think you have it bad? Let me tell you about the crap we had to put up with in Vietnam.