Is the U.S. Crazy?

[JonLP24]

70. Ironically

this is what I said in 2010

(this was after I broke my arm shortly after February and couldn't do convoys anymore)

Ok so what I did was head count, enforce DFAC rules, and supervise TCN's which consisted nothing more of checking food temperatures(which were always in the acceptable range) and relaying information to the head guy(as I explained in my previous post) so he can relay it to the other workers because they knew little to no English at all. This man was from Nepal a country north of India and let me tell you he was one of the nicest people I ever met. He was also a very good worker and whenever one his workers did something wrong(which was rare) he would handle it right away. Made our jobs for the most part easy. However I must say enforcing DFAC rules is the most stressful job I ever had especially when it comes to letting know high ranking officers that they broke a rule but for the most part they weren't a problem. Some US civilian contractors like KBR gave me the hardest time hands down. Anyways his dream was to come to America and he would constantly ask questions about here. For those two months I was there were only handled two meals(Midnight and Breakfast) so we had a lot of down time to talk. I even looked online for him on information on how to immigrate but I couldn't find information relevant to his case. I found info like must be highly skilled in an area for example like playing sports or highly skilled scientist. Things like that. I found information on immigration for Iraqis or Afghan people that helped US forces but that didn't apply because he is from Nepal. I felt sad but then I think of some of the people here like teabaggers then I think it might not be so bad. I think about him a lot and I do hope he's made his way to the US. He would make an excellent civilian as well as many TCN's who work their ass off for little pay.
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There was this guy that wanted so badly to immigrate here that I did searches and nothing I could find fit. I do remember if he was from India he was the perfect candidate for the immigration type but he was from Nepal which wasn't on the list and ruled him out.

This was the guy I was thinking of when I made my post (among others sitting in trucks drinking tea, they'd always offer tea. All-the-time they'd offer you a cup of tea).

About those convoy TCNs. When we arrived at bases, we staged the trucks we went to tents, trailers or a building. Do you know where they went? stayed with the trucks, in fact we had to assign a couple of people to watch the TCNs. Can you believe that? There was only 1 base north of Baghdad where they had their own staging area where they could hang out and socialize with other TCNs, contracters "watched the TCNs" so that part wasn't a problem. This is also a place where we'd be able to acquire alcohol because the only way unless a family sent it to us in a way that was caught by Navy Customs.

They wouldn't risk acquiring alcohol to sell to us until leaving or before arriving to Kuwait because while we went through the border we had to stop and wait for Kuwait to search the TCN vehicles and if they found alcohol, they were on their own.

The thing that makes everything more messed up than it already was, even with things like having people assigned to "watch the TCNs" is they were among the nicest group of people I ever met who went out of their way to be helpful and constantly offered me or anyone that was there tea. One I know of wanted to immigrate here badly, I wonder where he is today.