Iraq: Ex- Army Sgt. wants to know how to get a Trucker job with Haliburton there.

I'm sure some fool company will, but not a reputable one. And the ones that will hire you are the ones that you really want to stay away from. You don't want to work for someone that will put you in the red zone with thinskin vehicles or 10 trucks with 1 or 2 escort vehicles. Those companies are out there. They also seem to be the same companies that you have to worry about getting paid. No legitimate company would put in-experienced people over here. GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO, you have enough to worry about without trying to learn how to drive. That video is real, I have never seen the escorts run off and leave the convoy but ied's and ambushes are a way of life. You may go months without getting hit or you may get hit 3 or 4 times in a week. If you are just wanting to get over here, look for somthing that you have experience doing, or find somthing that you don't need experience for.
Not telling you how to live your life, just trying to give you a little advice that I know somthing about. I am on the security side, I'm sure Big Duker could enlighten you a little more on the drivers side of things.

 

I applied for a for a truck driver position anyway on the KBR Jobs site, the whole experience thing is kind of a catch 22 for me personally, I dont really wanna spend more then a couple years away from home to begin with so if I end up just going over the road forget the middle east. Plenty of soldiers go over there to fight a war with zero experience in they're respective field, or even any real life experience for that matter.. as far as Im concerned its as good a place as any to start my driving career... all the same I doubt my chances because the application and questionaire did seem to stress 2-3 years experience.