I need a new job

If you’ve been reading this blog at all, you probably know that I’m a civilian contractor for a big defense contractor and I’m in the Army Reserves. I love my Army job but it doesn’t pay enough to give me the expendable income that I want to do some of the things I want to do in life. I can’t stand this civilian job. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the worst job in the world but when you add it all up, I don’t want to do this for any length of time. I need to look at what I’m doing now so I know how long I want to keep doing it and then take a look at what I can come up with to do next based on what’s available and what skills I have.

Let’s look at the job I have currently so I can see what’s good and bad about it:

 

7 U.S. soldiers die in helicopter crash in Iraq



The Chinook was a part of an aerial convoy flying to a military base at Balad

updated 11:26 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2008

BAGHDAD – An American Chinook helicopter crashed early Thursday as it was landing in southern Iraq, killing seven U.S. soldiers, the military said.

The CH-47 Chinook was landing after midnight about 60 miles west of Basra at the time of the crash, the U.S. statement said.

A spokesman for the Multi-National Force-Iraq confirmed that the helicopter had crashed. He said five had died, and the bodies of two soldiers who had originally been missing were found.

The spokesman said hostile fire was not suspected.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to provide details.

The chopper was a part of an aerial convoy flying from Kuwait to the U.S. military base at Balad just north of Baghdad. The Chinook, the Army’s workhorse, is designed to transport troops and supplies to combat and other regions.

The statement said the incident was under investigation.

Separately, a U.S. soldier died of noncombat-related causes on Wednesday, and an investigation into the cause of death was under way, the military said.