Today I applied for a job in Alaska - thanks NT for your pics.
Won't know for some time - but it's a promotion, 3 year assignment w/ return rights back here to MI.
Hopefully the adventure happens!
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Today I applied for a job in Alaska - thanks NT for your pics.
Won't know for some time - but it's a promotion, 3 year assignment w/ return rights back here to MI.
Hopefully the adventure happens!
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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Well, you will definitely get your request for snow!!! Good luck!Originally Posted by dmp
Today I applied for a job in Alaska - thanks NT for your pics.
Won't know for some time - but it's a promotion, 3 year assignment w/ return rights back here to MI.
Hopefully the adventure happens!
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Careful, that's awfully close to Russia ya know, I hear you can see it from your window on a clear day ;D
If you also agree that an animals suffering should be avoided rather than encouraged, consider what steps you can take.
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actually...would see stuff like THIS on a clear day...
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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I love Alaska.
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Best of luck! Keep dreaming, that's where things happen.Today I applied for a job in Alaska - thanks NT for your pics.
Won't know for some time - but it's a promotion, 3 year assignment w/ return rights back here to MI.
Hopefully the adventure happens!
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By chance would you be interested in an unused Winchester 70 xtr 7mm mag. It was my dad's who was heading for Alaska, unfortunately he passed away before he could get there. I'm thinking of selling it. Just thinking.
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Hey, cool, DMP!
Where to? Ft. Rich or Ft. Wainwright?
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Greely. Otherwise known as BFE.
Mr.P - no, not particularly...thanks
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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Ft. Greely. Yep, been there & done that.
It's right outside of Delta Junction, it's one of the Missile Defense sites now.
Well, if you can.... change your deployment to Ft. Rich. I don't care for the Greely part of AK, lots of tundra, scrubby trees and "holy SHIT it's cold!" kind of weather.
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Not a deployment, NT - a job. Am army Civilian.
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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Oh, gotcha.
Last time I was there was last winter in mid Feb. My co-worker and I finished up our job in Delta at 5:00 on a Friday, gassed up the big Chevy 502 pickup we were in by 5:30 and hit the road. I drove the whole way on those icy, snowy, moose-filled highways and we rolled in Wasilla at 11:00 sharp. That would have been a great timeframe in the middle of summer with dry roads.
My co-worker, however, refuses to ride with me anymore when I get that "I gotta get home" look. Last time in Homer, she stayed the night at a hotel instead of riding back to the valley with me.
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I love stuff like that - Thought about the fun I can have in my Subaru up there..the extreme driving...Love it.
Well, I won't know for weeks if I'll even make a list to get an interview, so it's still a pipe dream - but for a 3 year tour, the promotion, and the adventure of it - I'd jump in it.
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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Being from MI, I assume you know already about winterizing your rig for extreme cold - you will see minus 50 or lower out there.
If you get the job, it won't be too far to come down and go up to the cabin with us on our adventures there... it's about 300 - 350 miles north of Wasilla to Greely.
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I'm actually 'from' seattle area...been in MI a year. But...I laugh at cold. Until i turn blue. I'm good with it. If I get the job, I'd pay to get my wife's truck (F150 SuperCrew 4x4) and my Subaru winterized. Would sell or store my mazda.
Whatsit take around Greely to not-live-poor? cost of living up there terribly high? I'd get a lower base pay, then 21% on top of that, tax free, as COLA - that'd compensate me for the reduced pay easily. Still, are we talkin $6/gallon gas, etc? Because it's considered an overseas tour, I'd also get Commissary rights - which sells things at 5% over their cost. Would likely get free housing, too.
And it'd be an HONOR to hang out; as long as you're fine (and I know you are) with kids being there, too. hehe
“… the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are in over your head, fear that you are not worthy, and ultimately, fear of failure. If you can eliminate that fear—not through arrogance or just wishing difficulties away, but through hard work and preparation—you will put yourself in an incredibly powerful position to take on the challenges you face" - Pete Carroll.
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