Shopping for Vegetables in Al-Khobar

Shopping for Vegetables in Al-Khobar

BY Aramco ExPats / /

My name is Curtis Blake. My wife Shirley and I are thirty-year veterans of life in Saudi Arabia as employees of Saudi Aramco. We raised six children during those thirty years, three of whom were born in the Dhahran Hospital.

College Entrance Exams

College Entrance Exams

BY Aramco ExPats / /

Many Aramco ExPats have children or even grandchildren hoping to get into college and facing the fearsome challenge of taking college entrance exams such as the SAT.

Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Worldwide Caution

Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Worldwide Caution

BY Jerry Hurych / /

The Department of State is updating the Worldwide Caution with information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world.

Join Us at Hafla 2016

Join Us at Hafla 2016

BY Aramco ExPats / /

My wife, Christien, and I are looking forward to welcoming all annuitants to the beautiful Monterey Peninsula for the Hafla 2016 reunion.

Reilly Financial Advisors: Your Aramco Expert

Reilly Financial Advisors: Your Aramco Expert

BY Reilly Financial Advisors / /

Check out this short video to find out how Reilly Financial Advisors, an expert in helping hundreds of Aramcons safely navigate their retirement, can aid you in handling the difficulties of living abroad.

Reilly Financial Advisors: Your Aramco Expert (1)

Reilly Financial Advisors: Your Aramco Expert (1)

BY Reilly Financial Advisors / /

Check out this short video to find out how Reilly Financial Advisors, an expert in helping hundreds of Aramcons safely navigate their retirement, can aid you in handling the difficulties of living abroad.

Las Vegas Adventures

Las Vegas Adventures

BY Aramco ExPats / /

A trip to Las Vegas on business need not be all work. There is an abundance of choices of entertaining things to do indoors and out. Once known primarily for its casinos, ersatz marriages, Elvis impersonators and lavish stage productions...

Las Vegas: For Business & Pleasure Both

BY Aramco ExPats / /

I have long since stopped being surprised when people from Europe or Asia tell me the American city they want to see first before any other is Las Vegas.

U.S. Voting Overseas - Are You Ready?

BY Jerry Hurych / /

Overseas citizen voters face a specific set of challenges while voting absentee. You can find information and contacts you need to successfully cast an absentee ballot at www.fvap.gov. 

Sleigh Bells Ring in 1952

BY Tim Barger / /

It was the winter of 1952. Aramco had just produced its 300 millionth barrel of oil. The Administration building was so new that the parking lot is still unpaved. 

Dhahran Hawks Cross the Causeway for Baseball Tourney

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

The Dhahran Youth Baseball Association’s 10U tournament team, the Saudi Arabia Hawks, crossed the causeway on Nov. 14 to play two games against their counterparts in Bahrain.

Christopher Gantela – Ph.D. in Geophysics at 78

Christopher Gantela – Ph.D. in Geophysics at 78

BY Aramco ExPats / /

UH’s Oldest Graduate – College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics’s Gantela This semester, NSM had a distinction of having the University of Houston’s oldest graduate. 

Should You Renew Your U.S. Passport Now?

BY Jerry Hurych / /

Dear American Citizen Community, As a reminder, Visa Pages Inserts will no longer be available after December 31 – please plan accordingly if you would like to have more visa pages inserted into your current passport.

Happy Wanderer Sought

BY Aramco ExPats / /

Many a baby boomer in the U.S. learned the English lyrics to "The Happy Wanderer" during their grade school/scouting years.

Musical Instrument Museum

BY Aramco ExPats / /

Sharon Eboch wrote she visited the Musical Instrument Museum in northern Phoenix, Arizona and recommends it to Aramco ExPats visiting the Phoenix area.