But a lot of the bennies are up to you, how much you negotiate for. When I first arrived, one thing that led me to stay was the group of guys here. We used to hire a Filippina to tend bar for us on Tuesdays. He's a blast at parties. The rest are Mauritian or Philippino.
Food is free at the chow hall, standard military chow.
Because we are the last stop onthe supply line, the quality of some of the fresh fruits varies from underripe to way past the prime consumption date. Coming out of the chow hall at lunch I walk all of 50 feet to the lagoon, prop up my feet in a chair and catch some z's and rays for a few minutes before heading back to work. My front door is 30 feet from the beach. Conditions and selection of foodstuffs keeps getting better. Women will either love all the attention or hate it.