It seems very dangerous to me. I've told my BFF he is staying right here with me, on the safe ground. No crazy trips like that unless it's on a real spaceship with ... moreIt seems very dangerous to me. I've told my BFF he is staying right here with me, on the safe ground. No crazy trips like that unless it's on a real spaceship with real aliens from another planet.
Back in the 1980s when I was in the Marines and stationed aboard a Navy ship traveling around Asia and the Pacific, hitting several different countries over six month... more
Back in the 1980s when I was in the Marines and stationed aboard a Navy ship traveling around Asia and the Pacific, hitting several different countries over six months of deployment. When we pulled into Pusan, South Korea for a week of field exercises with the ROLMC, the Republic of Korea Marine Corps, known to us colloquially as the Rok Marines. All the Marines disembarked from the ship and went to the Rok Marine base near a village about 20 miles from Pusan to spend a week on the mud and sleeping under the stars, just the way we like it. When the training was over, we hiked a few miles to a tent city further inland, from which we had a few days of liberty (free time, to civilians), and many of us hit the local town for wine, women and song. I, however, had different plans. I went to my company commander (C.O.) and requested permission to travel all the way across the country to a small US Army outpost north of Seoul, the nation’s capital, to see my elder brother, who wa... less
