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I’m considering a civilian job on a military base in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. What do you think?

This job will pay me 4 times my current annual income in only ten months time. I’m qualified for the position and I see it as a once in a lifetime opportunity to help, experience and see what our military is enduring overseas. I did consider joining the military after high school and then became a mother so I decided not to. I considered it again when I later became a single mother of two children, but at that time I couldn’t imagine being away from my kids. They’re older now and spend a lot of time with their father who is disabled and a stay-at-home dad. I make the money and pay him child support. I have a small amount of debt, but cannot manage to pay it off with the income that I have been making. I have no savings, no health benefits and no plan in place for retirement. I did manage to return to school this semeseter to work on my A. A. to give me more credibility to earn more money. I have plenty of experience and I am naturally talented and skilled in the work that I do. I have been in a commited relationship for 4 years with a man that I love. At times I feel like a loser becasue I cannot seem to get ahead with my finances and my boyfriend pays for most of our living expenses. I think that taking the job overseas would be a great chance for me to get ahead, pay off my debt, hire an attorney help me gain full custody of my children and help my boyfriend by paying my share of our living expenses. Maybe even help pay for a nice wedding and honeymoon if he ever asks me to marry him Of course I would also put some money into savings. I think that this experience would also help my credibility to make more money when I return. I have little fear about the living conditions overseas and I’m ready to eat, sleep and breathe this job while I’m away. I would be living in a military camp working a call center providing help with technological equipment. I don’t get homesick and 10 months is not a lot of time when I compare it to the rest of my life. I feel like this is not just about the money it’s also a life experience that I can be proud of. Just looking for some input from anyone who may have worked as a civilian on a military base in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. I would also glady accept input from anyone in the military who has been to or is currently in either one of those places. I have to make a decision by Friday 10/10 as to whether or not I want to pursue the job and begin the background check, etc. Thanks in advance to anyone who gives me thier sincere honest opinion.