Comments on: KBR ALL HANDS: LOGCAP IV Announcement (Afghanistan)

By: Baboo Remembers

Baboo Remembers — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:31:34 +0000

It’s all over except the crying for most.

But there is some hope with AFCAP. Not too many trade positions available. The tech positions for the Air Force I’ve seen are only hiring Americans due to the security clearance issue involved.

By: KBnR ,We Deliver

KBnR ,We Deliver — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:36:23 +0000

Sorry to say Buddy they are not hiring Americans the majority are FNs from Bosnia and Macedonia . And India and Pakistan … I am in Afghanistan and that is what is going on now.

Better off trying to find a job in the States

By: terrance

terrance — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:33:27 +0000

OKAY ALL READERS AND WRITERS OUT THERE IAM GOING TO OR WOULDLIKE TO GIVE FLUOR A TRY,IF THERE IS ANY HELP OR POC,S OR NUMBERS YOU CAN PASSON TO ME I WOULD APPRECIATE IT,ALSO IAM LOOKING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH A HR, REP IN AFGHANISTAN OR JAMES R, BAKER A PROJECT MANAGER FOR FLUOR IN AFGHANISTAN THANKS

By: terrance

terrance — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:30:18 +0000

well people afterbeing new and reading all the comments on the site. there is a good side and bad side ,to it all, my experience with kbr was taking my vacation and then telling me for no reason i was terminated, contract downsizing, then being transfered to Iraq after working with KBRfor 4 yrs being RIF, no negative counselings, people been with company less time then me theyre still working ,in same job I had ,I didnt understand logic behind it,would rather be able to quit on my own, I guess they had used all of us up and discarded us, I hope the new company Fluor ,or who ever takes over doesnt,treat people the same,and Iam sure they will be more productive and get the job done.taking care of the customer while, providing the best Service possible, people dontlike getting treated like dirt,and trash , Iam not complaining about KBR, but it was the people in it that made it a bad place to work,in,not all but a lot of them,the best one i ever worked for was James R, Baker , he was fair thats all anyone could ask of them, l try

By: Insurgents Target

Insurgents Target — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:12:25 +0000

Anybody seen the new Blue Border Alert about the CAC cards and only American passport holders will have one? This came out about the same time as all the job announcements. At militaryhire.com there looks to be about every position KBR has in theater open?

By: big j

big j — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:35:12 +0000

Was just checking web for Fluor and KBR jobs, whats up with KBR they are posting almost four hundred jobs for skilled trades and Fluor is showing no jobs. I just turned down job with Fluor to be electrician foreman in Iraq and now job is showing canceled. Is it maybe Fluor bit off more than they can chew. Any information would be helpful.

By: Nex24

Nex24 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:02:23 +0000

Well I will say this KBR doesn’t deserve any contract. They need to consentrate on how to treat employees. Sometimes the management needs to listen to the employees about proper procedures. I have never in my life been treated with such disrespect. I am embarassed that I even worked for them. All the people working with high positions, half of them don’t even know what they are doing, so I guess you can just say they are the one’s that couldn’t make it in the real world.

One thing is for sure they need to understand that water, metal and electricity don’t mix. Go to school and learn about GFCI protection for containerized showers and latrines. Fluor and DynCorp, GOOD LUCK you got a mess to clean up.

By: ballgame

ballgame — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:11:18 +0000

Normally you will get two Hepatitas shots, which you need to get follow up shots in country. You will get a Typhoid shot. They will give you malaria pills to take. Those are the ones I know of anyway.

Cheers

By: CW71

CW71 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:53:22 +0000

Ok I am asking more and more .what vacinations will I have to take .It looks like I will be there by end of the month it also seems like I am walking into a messy turnover .I assume from what I have learned from recruiter is right now in the progress of some equpiment handover

By: CW71

CW71 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:57:11 +0000

Thank you the more I can gather the better equipped I will be to make this decision

By: Baboo Remembers

Baboo Remembers — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:02:33 +0000

Flour has the north, BAF nice climate and it snows compared KAF. Taliban activity is mostly in Helmand province. Occasional rocket attacks on base from disgruntled Parwan Valley Warlord or other insurgency activity. Taliban Prison on Disney drive. Prisoners escaped in 05 and made their way out the Egyptian gate. Dead Taliban corpses were accidentally discovered during on the far side of runway during base expansion in 06. Suicide bomber pulled the cord at front gate during inspection of local workers at main gate and maimed KBR employee. Unexploded ordinance will rise to surface during rains, so watch where you walk despite previous mine clearing activities.

Flour will be on base except they if they decide to refurbish or build new FOB’s and replace KBR personnel out at FOB’s to replace. FOB’s have less politics due to the serious nature of the mission. Border areas are always high risk due to Taliban crossings. Transportation provided by Blackhawk almost never by convoy. Tax year starts from the time leave the ground you arrive until the time you touch sovereign soil.

By: CW71

CW71 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:47:11 +0000

Thanks for the quick response .I have spent the evening trying to do quick research .I have a good stable job coming and I am trying to determine whether I am willing to bypass it but the earnings for Afghanistan sounds good and yes I have thought about the fact I dont have to stay but If I turn down opportunity here I need to be in there for the long haul.I will try to get email for u so far today spent about two hrs on phone discussing job and indoctrination in Greeneville, I guess they are ramping this up pretty fast…I do hope to get some info from your readers.I have learned a lot of info from reading through here so far thanks so much for this resource

By: Baboo Remembers

Baboo Remembers — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:15:21 +0000

Those are the facts I was told by the boys who ran the show when I worked under them in Bagram. If is true or not, I don’t know except that Rick was a Marine soley based upon the fact he held his Marine Corp birthday at Karshi. I can only repeat the nonsense I was told. If you choose to dispute my statement so be it. I don’t have access to his military jacket. So Triple K, what is Jim’s background?

By: CW71

CW71 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:07:15 +0000

Please any help would be appreciated, I have had job offered to me in Afghanistan for Fluor as a Maintenance planner. I would like to have any info that some one would feel helpful to me in making this decision .I have to followup after the holiday weekend to answer because they would like me in Greeneville the week of the fourteenth and be ready to be in country around the 25th.I believe this will be in based in northern part of country.I have always heard positive things about fluor and worked with them as they were consultants for a plant the I worked a start up. I have never worked overseas and definitely not in war zone but single and in my late thirties good health and probably my biggest concern now short of ones that havent occured to me is I questioned them how much travel in country and how that would be with my position. Please I really need some insight from people with this experience

Ms Sparky’s Response:
I’ve never worked in Afghanistan and I have never worked for Fluor. I have a lot of Afghanistan readers I hope they will give you some great information. I don’t have a lot of readers that I can identify as Fluor employees as of yet. I have heard good and bad about Fluor in Afghanistan as with every other company. I have only heard good things about Fluor in the States. If I had to chose between KBR, Fluor and Dyncorp I would personally choose Fluor but that would be based on hearsay only and my personal experience with KBR. Whatever you decide, if you get over there and just hate it….you can quit and come home. It’s not a mandatory 1 year. If you have never worked out of the country before, I say go for it. It will make you appreciate the States that much more. Any Fluor recruiter emails would be great. I have a bunch of readers wanting to get over there.

By: Ksniper777

Ksniper777 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:47:18 +0000

…enough said,on July 24th, 2009 at 12:42 pm I do not know about Fluor, but DCP (the DynCorp team) will not fail in Afghanistan. When they take Iraq away from KBR, they will not fail there either. The Iraq TO Final RFP has not been released. ERD is 10 August. Until then, submission of proposals and award announcement, no one will take over anything from KBR in Iraq

Dyncorp will not fail if they cannot handle Kuwait which is nothing compared to Southern Afghanistan they will fail enough. If you take a look at Dyncorp in Kuwait then you will see why they put KBR on a 120 day notice to assume the mission. Furthermore when they awarded the contract in Afghanistan they completely flip the contract Fluor was working in the south and Dyncorp the north well good old DOD jacked that up. now they have to move everything north and south and let me see them do that in the middle of winter.

Ms Sparky’s Response:
I am going to assume you meant “Dyncorp will fail”. I agree they have really messed things up in Kuwait. They talked about that quite a bit at the last hearing. BUt the DoD did change the scope at the last minute and KBR did not help in the transition. That too was discussed at the Hearing.

But you bring up a valid point about the flip flop in Afghanistan. I wonder if the DoD did that on purpose? If these two contractors fail and the have to bring KBR back to LOGCAP IV then the DoD is exonerated where KBR is concerned.

By: Ksniper777

Ksniper777 — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:41:25 +0000

Baboo Remembers said,on July 23rd, 2009 at 8:48 am Lushinger is blame for a lot of the crap. He was better in a support role at BAF than in a leadership role in Iraq. He was a CMSM under Rick Rueter in the Marine Corps. I’m not saying his performance was stellar, but it seems he has been promoted beyond his ability. Hopefully, he will be shaking hands with the unemployed. Something about the “Peter Principle”

Jim was not a Command SgtMajor in the Marine Corps. That rank does not exist in the Corps he might have worked with Rick but not as his Senior Enlisted Representive. Get your facts straight.

By: FYI

FYI — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:33:38 +0000

Feb 17, 2009 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) — KBR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — KBR (NYSE: KBR), an engineering, construction and services company, disclosed yesterday (16 February) that it has received a contract from the US Army Contracting Command to conduct bulk fuel farm operations at certain military sites near Shuiba Port and at Camp Buehring in Kuwait.
As per the contract KBR will provide all services, resources and management necessary to perform bulk fuel farm operations, fuel transfer, inventory management and operations and related maintenance at specified locations for equipment and vehicles. Meter calibration and site expansion services will also be undertaken. Work under the contract is expected to commence in March.

The one-year contract includes four one-year renewal options and is valued at up to USD19.2m.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2179605/

By: KenFu

KenFu — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:12:10 +0000

Yeah, there is a fuel farm there. I worked at one that leads to Arifjan. As far as I know, there wasn’t one near Buehring. Unless it’s a lot smaller, I’m wasn’t aware of one near there.

It was KBR run, but it wasn’t on our list of routine G&B checks. But, we ended up going anyway as a favor. Not sure what that was all about.

Ms Sparky’s Response:
Thanks for that First Hand information!!

By: Dwayne

Dwayne — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:19:55 +0000

Is it correct that KBR is to operate a US Army fuel farm in Kuwait. I think the location is Camp Buehring.

By: ...enough

...enough — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:42:02 +0000

I do not know about Fluor, but DCP (the DynCorp team) will not fail in Afghanistan. When they take Iraq away from KBR, they will not fail there either. The Iraq TO Final RFP has not been released. ERD is 10 August. Until then, submission of proposals and award announcement, no one will take over anything from KBR in Iraq.