Nursing in Afghanistan, Iraq etc

Hey,

Thanks for the response! I'll check out those links you sent. Unfortunately I don't haven any leads on what you're looking for.

Good luck!

Mercury_Healing

try kbrjobs.com. They pay $110K/year. The first 85K is tax free. You must be out of the U.S. for a year for it to be tax free. They are a bit hard to get. You have to be referred by a kbr employee to have an easier time getting in. This came from the horses mouth while I was deployed as active duty to Iraq. I spoke to one of the KBR guys that does hiring and this is what I was told.

Good luck!

Sharon

I'm also interested in nursing jobs in Afghanistan. Have just nicked the surface in researching agencies (KBR, etc.). Anybody out there have any luck or better yet, links!

Google Blackwater

Thanks Fiona...I'm on it...

Any word on the jobs? I couldnt find anything for blackwater but i did find some stuff for kbrjobs.com but nothing nursing related

Reply to: suzanne4: I'm not sure if what your saying if 100% correct either. My husband is in the military and was deployed for only 6 months and it was all tax free for the monies earned for that 6 months.

Might be different for the US military. I know the Canadians are income tax free while on overseas deployments.

Right after 2001 perhaps, but supply of labor rising to meet that demand (and the corresponding high pay) inevitably drives down prices/wages. I hear the sound of old myths and wishful thinking swirling in the wind. In the Navy they call it "lore" or "sea stories".

On these types of vacations people are worked nonstop in shift work, basically with time off to sleep and eat only.
Your "down" time might be sitting at a desk ordering supplies or reviewing paperwork, not lounging by the pool. Especially if the pay is higher.

It seems to me that working lots of overtime in a large population center like San Francisco or New York while keeping costs minimal is the way to make the most money. For those who don't actually seek the thrill of possibly getting shot at, mortared, or driving over an IED or tank mine in transit, it seems like a fanciful dream.