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Originally Posted by SF_BHT
For years I did it for God and Country and Now I do it for God and Country but I Get Paid for it now.
You are right and the entitlements are a whole world different than the military. Can not compare the two.
...Fed Employees, Agent, Intel, admin, etc do not look at it that way. Pay or No Play is their focus, it is just a job. I want to kill most of them. Hell I do not file for some of the overtime/Sunday Pay, Night Diff Pay, etc just because it is such a pain to do but most will not do one second of work without that extra compensation....
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Roger all, and I'll come out and say the bigger thing eating at me is how much overtime some/a lot of people claim and don't work. That and how much they bitch about living conditions here. Don't get me wrong, it's not like the States but for being in a war zone, I live pretty damned well. People higher ranking than me (almost everyone) live even better, and folks in the International Zone DO live like they are basically in the United States, then some still bitch about how hard they have it.
Beerhunter,
I don't have documentation, but maybe someone smarter than I am can come along and corroborate what I'm saying. I believe General Order 1 always applied to Department of Defense civilians, but has never applied outside of the Department of Defense. I'm fairy certain State employees drink, and I imagine that outside of another order besides GO1, Justice employees are allowed to as well. But once again - I don't have anything to support what I just said, just the common understanding of people on the ground working over here. I haven't heard anything about General Order 1 being rescinded, which doesn't mean there isn't alcohol and cohabitation over here, but I also don't think it means that this is like a frat party environment. A guy I personally know got caught drinking, on this rotation, and went from being a SGT(P) to a PFC in the blink of an eye.