TCN's

For anyone that doesn't know, many of the contract companies in Afghanistan (like KBR), hire a ton of TCN's (third country nationals), to do everything from food prep to FOB construction. In Afghanistan it seems unique to me because they actually hire mostly local labor from surrounding towns, which they didn't really do in Iraq. So we have all this Afghans running around the FOB doing stuff like making my food. Some of these guys look at the military like we're the terrorists.

Why does KBR hire locally? And I thought there was a recession going on, so why not up the wages a little bit and import Americans? I'd say even Mexicans too, because we'd have good meals 24/7. With all the unemployed in the U.S., they hire these crazy looking guys with beard nets. Not too mention the Eastern European dudes, who run the computer labs and phones. You better have your ID card with you, or they WILL CRUSH YOU!!

Anyway, not much has changed, hopefully we'll be leaving soon from Sharana.