Ft. Carson

So I had a very cool day today! I went to the Fort Carson Base with my co-worker Kristen to paperwork about 8 contractors that are transitioning from one staffing firm that couldn't pay their people (scary) to my company (aerotek). They work at BAE which stands for British Aerospace. So after the boring part of explaining the paperwork, benefits, Workman's comp and other such related issues, the Colonel took me and my partner out on the site to check out the tanks they were working on! We got to go inside and sit in the seats that the soldiers sit in during combat. We learned the controls and ranges of most of the weapons they have stocked on these bad boys. Apparently one of our tanks will demolish our enemy's tanks with out a problem and ranging up to about 5 miles away! Talk about feeling confident. Also, I learned about technology and how much it has helped us in time of war in the last few years. As far as less instances of "going in blind" and more communication capabilities all together. To say the least I was impressed and it's always an eye opener to see what our troops have to go through and in a round about way see how hard they have things...do you know sometimes the inside of those tanks get up to 150 degrees!!?? I mean I was thinking "I could bake some cookies in there!" Poor guys.