What they taught was much different than what was applicable at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. Once arriving in Iraq there was zero turnover time to know the job well enough to be proficient at it causing immediate frustration and slow service to the members of the Department of State, which would inevitably cause complaining to your higher bosses. I had no time to learn the schedule of breaks for the guard force, payroll submission, coordinate weapons training or anything else. You just stumbled your way through it and if you asked for help in learning, then someone higher would get huffy and act as if you should have been there ten years or so. When I tried to explain the curriculum at the school as opposed to what's really in place on the ground they didn't want to hear it. Pay was also an issue, it was never certain at the time if you would get paid or not, Day and Zimmerman bankrolled these guys since it was a subsidiary of theirs to begin with and Day and Zimmerman had problems of their own. I eventually resigned and moved on to another organization in Kabul Afghanistan. I wouldn't bank that much has changed and no, I wouldn't work for them again. When I left I was so damn mad I couldn't see straight and I feel I was set for a fall because I was trying to tell them th Jags were going badly on certain venues, so it was easier to can me than address the problem....trust me they had a high turnover rate then, and if they still have any overseas contracts I bet they still do.
