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Agree with Roadhog,
Mate As Morrigan stated I was a long time on convoys as a T/L and it is at best great comeraderie. The downside is that the hours are long , the job is dangerous , the cash is ok (company dependant) but the risks definately outweigh the rewards.
I found that the opposite of how RH described it and in fact it was a lot of the more experienced guys in country that were moved onto convoys as it is a lonely place to start the career being one expat in a team of LNs and TCNs with little or no room for error.
Do a HECPO, brush up your nav skills , learn as much as possible about tracking devices, such as Track 24 , Sat phones , HF radio sets and a bit of knowledge about the routes and some of the various contracts and mistakes learnt the hard way by others.
In country if you are destined for convoys , make sure you train every eventuality with the LNs etc, brakedowns especially... you will definately need that one LOL. Continuous training is a must, it may be the last thing the team wants to do after a long few days of on the road but it will undoubtedly save lives. Bad time in the middle of a contact on route mobile to discover that not everyone is on the same songsheet!!!
On a plus side you do get to see a lot of the country, and the rotations pass quickly as you are constantly on the road.
Try to get out in country on a PSD task to build your knowledge of the dos and donts and then if it takes your fancy move to CET.
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