{"id":1616,"date":"1984-05-13T14:03:08","date_gmt":"1984-05-13T21:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2018-02-28T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:33:00","slug":"jubail-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/1984\/05\/13\/jubail-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubail, Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-1616\">\n<p>I worked for three months in Saudi Arabia at the naval base in Jubail on the    Arabian Gulf managing the software for a C3I system (Command,    Control, Communications and Intelligence). This was my first job out of school.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the only picture I kept from my stay &#8211; its the remains of a fort from    the 12th century.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/saudiarabia.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/1984\/05\/13\/jubail-saudi-arabia\/saudiarabia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/saudiarabia.gif?fit=197%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"197,208\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"saudiarabia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/saudiarabia.gif?fit=197%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1617 colorbox-1616\" title=\"saudiarabia\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/saudiarabia.gif?resize=197%2C208\" alt=\"saudiarabia\" width=\"197\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/saudiarabia.gif?w=197&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/saudiarabia.gif?resize=142%2C150&amp;ssl=1 142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way out, I spent three days in Amsterdam and three days    in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-1616\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 1616);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-1616\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-1616\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worked for three months in Saudi Arabia at the naval base in Jubail on the Arabian Gulf managing the software for a C3I system (Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence). This was my first job out of school. 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