Monday, August 8, 2011

I'm deploying to Kuwait, I'm in the USNR, What Should I expect?

I was at CP Doha, but that base is closed now, so I don't know if I can help you much, I can tell you that you won;t be able to drink, or see o unless it is your own laptop and if you do this, DON'T GET CAUGHT!, you will be allowed to drink fake beer. If someone gets some alcohol shipped to them illegally and offeres it to you, don;t get caught, or drive, I saw a soldier get DUI in Kuwait, UCMJ action for him. They drive like crazy over there as well if you are allowed to go outside the wire. They will inspect you vehicle for bombs even in Kuwait, it is also known as a combat zone so you may get a combat patch out of this. If you get a chance you may want to visit Kuwait city, depending on where you are...however...the mall is great, they had TGIFridays in town. I was there in Novmner-febuary time frame, around February it started to get hot during the day and cold at night. in Nov. it was cold. They like to shoot their weapons off allot so watch out for this. They are just like the wild wild west down there. There is a MWR pool area by some smoke stacks by the old CP Doha, but again that depends how close to it your unit is and what kind of shifts they will put you in, I was on 12 hour shifts with one day off. In the chowhalls they may still served one day of lobster and steak and your NCO can order steaks and hambagur meat from MWR, if he wants to have a BBQ cookout for like holiday get togethers and still do shift work at the same time.

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