It’s pretty nice. Indoor and outdoor pools, a night club, several DFACs, Annex II has 24/7 meal-to-go service, concrete buildings, ballistic windows, a small Hadji-Mart, PX, Class-6 etc. Not bad at all really. And phenomenal chow. Very safe w/Marines stationed in every building (supposedly).
Mortars and rocket fire are great for State Dept. stipulated pay lifts. Hazard duty pay, hardship pay etc. can lift a 80K salary over 120K. Then add in the 60 or 84 hr weeks they stipulate to reduce personnel needed to staff the place and you’re looking at nearly 200 a year. But of course you can’t spend it if you’re dead. And the separation sucks too.
It seems like I’ve heard that this was the largest (US?) embassy in the world. I’m sure it had a bullseye painted on it since day one.