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Safe??? lmao its safer than where you are in Cali, probably safer than a po dunk midwest Iowa town. Police never carry weapons here!!! Well you can come & go where you want to really! Just like being in the states. Malls, restaurants, cafes', strip clubs (joking), Great social scene in Kuwait. There are war & culture museums here water park, paintball park, all your water activities, Really depends on what area you are staying in. I recommend Salmiya for western people.

ummm sandstorms arent anything you wanna really see unless you like to be confined to your home. plus its not really sand its like baby powder and tastes bitter.

Bro if you come here I will meet you and show you a few things, oh and the best gyms I have ever seen in the world.

I would be going to wherever that air base (Ali AL Salem) is. What are the prices like there compared to the US? Am I gonna get screwed on the exchange rates? How much do you think it would cost to have a blast for a week? I might take you up on that offer.

If he wanted a real deployment he should have joined combat arms in Army or Marines. Kuwait will be a vacation. Given his job, even if he went to Iraq or Afghan, he'd still just be sitting on a FOB vacationing.

He signed the contract for going into some unit of some sort but then failed a test where you have to stay up all night and then do tasks or something, then got sent to alaska... He hates it. He wants to go to war but they aren't letting him change professions.

FOBBIT lmao, we hated them in while I was deployed to Iraq, they are the ones who always go home and tell "Predator" type war stories.

what is this fobbit?

[LatissimusaurousRex]

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I would be going to wherever that air base (Ali AL Salem) is. Yeah no you wont, you have a better chance of meeting with Obama in the Oval Office than gaining access to Ali AL Salem. What are the prices like there compared to the US? About the same. Am I gonna get screwed on the exchange rates? Why would you, go to xe.com to see the rates. Alot of time you get better rates. How much do you think it would cost to have a blast for a week? $1300 Airline Ticket Economy Class Round Trip, $600 Hotel, $300 Food, and whatever spending money you want to bring, *prices stated besides airline ticket are on the high side of actual costs. I might take you up on that offer.


He signed the contract for going into some unit of some sort but then failed a test where you have to stay up all night and then do tasks or something, then got sent to alaska... He hates it. He wants to go to war but they aren't letting him change professions.


what is this fobbit?

See bold and LatissimusarousRex posted about what a fobbit is.

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A fobbit is someone who deploys, but never leaves the FOB. The FOB is usually a pretty big base with many amenities such as stores, great housing units, running water and showers, amazing chow halls, amazing gyms, other places to eat, sometimes they'll have sports leagues, swimming pools, places to play video games and this is where they live all deployment and they get the same bonus hazard pay as the combat guys who are out in the sh!t. The best part is I'll have lived in my vehicle living off of water and MREs for a month in the same uniform and YES!! we get to go back to the FOB for maybe 12 hours, and first thing we want to do is eat real food, we go to the chow hall, and get yelled out by these Fing losers that do nothing because our uniforms are "too dirty" to enter the chow hall. It's a lot of things like that, that builds such animosity from combat guys to the fobbits. They get the same thanks for doing nothing but vacationing while the real soldiers are out there living in sh!t and getting shot at and blown up every day.

Wow that sucks haha. My buddy is gonna hate his life if he is grouped into that category. He wants to go into the field so bad. Honestly Idk why. I'd rather be a fobbit and chill on base, get paid, and go off base and do cool stuff.

See bold and LatissimusarousRex posted about what a fobbit is.

I have never been out of the country (canada but that doesn't count), and so I don't wanna go there and find out I'm in a city full of people with oil money and hotels are $500 a night or something(not really exchange rates, more like consumer prices). So if I can't go on base, is the base near a city that I would enjoy visiting? Basically I was flying up there to visit Alaska but now he is in Kuwait so I figured I'll just go there instead and am now trying to figure out if that is a wise idea...

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Wow that sucks haha. My buddy is gonna hate his life if he is grouped into that category. He wants to go into the field so bad. What field? Honestly Idk why. I'd rather be a fobbit and chill on base, get paid, and go off base and do cool stuff. He more than likely will not be allowed to leave base!

I have never been out of the country (canada but that doesn't count), and so I don't wanna go there and find out I'm in a city full of people with oil money and hotels are $500 a night or something(not really exchange rates, more like consumer prices). Well you will find alot of oil money here but hotel prices are the same all over the world, just book & pay online before you come. So if I can't go on base, is the base near a city that I would enjoy visiting? Umm there is really only 1 city in Kuwait but many areas. lmao the base is about 1 1/2 hour drive from the City. Its closer to the Salmi, KSA Border. Basically I was flying up there to visit Alaska but now he is in Kuwait so I figured I'll just go there instead and am now trying to figure out if that is a wise idea..If I were you I would save my money and go to Dubai were you can have a hell of a time, or wait until he has R&R and travel with him then.

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Field = to war. Why wouldn't he be able to leave base? He is gonna hate it! He's been trying to transfer to the army unsuccessfully.

If he can't go off base, and I can't go on base, then it would be a waste for me to go visit the guy lol. I have always wanted to go to Dubai. Is Dubai gonna be much more expensive than kuwait? I just wanna see what its like in these foreign countries man. It's something I wanna experience. I want a culture shock.
Thanks for your help so far man.

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Field = to war. Why wouldn't he be able to leave base? He is gonna hate it! He's been trying to transfer to the army unsuccessfully.

If he can't go off base, and I can't go on base, then it would be a waste for me to go visit the guy lol. I have always wanted to go to Dubai. Is Dubai gonna be much more expensive than kuwait? I just wanna see what its like in these foreign countries man. It's something I wanna experience. I want a culture shock. Thanks for your help so far man.

You won't get one in Dubai, try Cambodia, somalia, or pakistan for a culture shock

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Field = to war. Why wouldn't he be able to leave base? He is gonna hate it! He's been trying to transfer to the army unsuccessfully. Well the Army wonr accept prior service airforce because they have to be re-trained and sent back through basic training (boot camp) because theirs is only 6 weeks (weak)
If he can't go off base, and I can't go on base, then it would be a waste for me to go visit the guy lol. Agree!!! I have always wanted to go to Dubai. Is Dubai gonna be much more expensive than kuwait? Hell yes much more, cheaper to go to thailand or anywhere for that matter. I just wanna see what its like in these foreign countries man. It's something I wanna experience. I want a culture shock. go to gabon, darfur, cairo, riyadh for a culture shockThanks for your help so far man. Welcome

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Dubai was way overrated, imo. Unless I become a multi-millionaire, I'll never go back. I'd much rather spend my time and money elsewhere.

Can you elaborate on this?

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Thanks bro. Not looking for that kind of a culture shock I'm sure I can find a pleasant but different experience somewhere. Thailand has been my #1 place to visit for a long long time, I just love my girl too much to go haha.