Greetings from Washington state

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Man in a skirt
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Re: Greetings from Washington state

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Skirt82 wrote:
Man in a skirt wrote:Welcome from Graham, WA (south of Tacoma, on the way to the mountain...). When I get back from.overseas, we should have a Northwet meetup!
Definitely.
You in the Army?
Let us know when you get back.

-dave
I'm a civilian contractor... I wound up in Graham via a job at Ft. Lewis... Where abouts in Graham are ya?
Skirt82
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Re: Greetings from Washington state

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Man in a skirt wrote:
Skirt82 wrote:
Man in a skirt wrote:Welcome from Graham, WA (south of Tacoma, on the way to the mountain...). When I get back from.overseas, we should have a Northwet meetup!
Definitely.
You in the Army?
Let us know when you get back.

-dave
I'm a civilian contractor... I wound up in Graham via a job at Ft. Lewis... Where abouts in Graham are ya?
I live off of 200th near Orting-Kapowsin.
Funny you mentioned being a civilian contractor. I have actually been considering doing that in Afghanistan here soon.
I receive an excellent stipend from the V.A. for going to school in Tacoma, but that stipend will be cut in half due to my schedule putting me in online classes starting October time frame. Besides the money, I prefer on-campus learning to online any day.
What job you been doing over there?
Man in a skirt
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Re: Greetings from Washington state

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helicopter technician... what do you do?

Also, you live about 5 min from my house... I've been known to hit Safeway at 224 and Meridian, Fred Meyers, and walmart skirted from time to time...
Skirt82
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Re: Greetings from Washington state

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Nice. Just got back from that Safeway with the wife like 15 minutes ago.
I am currently a Transportation Specialist in the Air Force Reserves, that is what I would do in Afghanistan as a civilian.
Basically load and unload aircraft with forklifts and K-Loaders. It is what I did in Iraq and Kuwait already.
I was deployed to Qatar once, but I was an active-duty diesel mechanic then.
What are your thoughts on being over there for a year for a substantial amount of money?
My possible contract is $100K for a year with 45 days leave.
Of course you do not have to divulge anything personal.

-dave
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Re: Greetings from Washington state

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well right now I'm on a short-term contract, but I hope I can extend for a year... I would like to be ahead of the bills game, and not check to check. I'll probably also save some money to go to flight school and do what I REALLY wanna do...
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