Think Long and hard and then follow your heart
Dude it sounds like a great experience to serve and help your fellow brothers at arms on the ground over there. I bet the $$$ will be pretty dang good as well. Keep in mind that it still a very dangerous place. Probably not as dangerous as cruising near Falujah in a convoy, but stuff still happends at the airfield. I landed in Bagdhad 8 times , and almost every time we would hear stories of bad things happening. One night we were getting ready to taxi and we had to hold our position because the airfield came under a mortar attack (One hell of a fireworks show on Night Vission Goggles). It lasted a few minutes, we cleaned our shorts and then got the hell out of there. A day or so later we found out that some troops were killed from that attack because their tents were hit.
I guess my point is don't let a civilian company sugar coat the security situation just to get you over there and then when you get there you realize you were misled. Good luck and I would probably do it if I were you. I am a "When its my time to go, it my time" kinda guy. Later.
