I completely forgot to mention something goofy that happened yesterday. It involves the “fake porn” that’s available for purchase in any PX. These are magazines like Maxim. They have bikini, or lingerie, clad women on the covers and risqué photo spreads on the inside. They make up over half the magazines offered on any PX shelf. Basically, the powers that be have determined that they don’t violate General Order 1. When we walked into the Marez PX it was so one of my guys could buy some Skoal. The magazine shelf was the first thing we saw walking inside. There were several copies of a special edition Black Men magazine that featured the “Best of Coco.” I was told later that she is Ice Cube’s wife. Anyway, as I walked in and saw the magazine cover I exclaimed, “Holy guacamole!” My team laughed and gathered around the magazine. After we finished shopping, which meant the Coastie found his Skoal, we filed back out to our NTV. As the Coastie pulled his dip out of the shopping bag he dropped a magazine in my lap and said, “Sir, we got you a gift.” You got it – it was Coco. I flipped through the rest of the magazine with the rest of the team drooling over my shoulder. Then I passed it back for the guys to enjoy. I came to some conclusions about Coco – she’s very intellectual, plays chess, enjoys tennis, and is probably a shoe-in for a future Nobel Prize.
We made it back to Balad last night. My SOP for late night returns from mission is that I don’t expect to see anyone around the office until after lunch. Given the fact that today was also a Saturday it meant everyone was off for the weekend. I’m going into stand-by mode. My next place of appointed duty is R&R. In the meantime, I’m getting my team ready for our next round of missions. The entire time I’m on leave the team will be out performing their jobs. I fully expect to return from leave and head straight out to join them somewhere. Leave comes first and I am fuckin’ psyched!
The Major who is covering for me while I’m gone is a graduate of LSU and LSU Law School. It’s a given that he’s an LSU football fan. I am too – by virtue of living in Baton Rouge for nine years. AFN aired the LSU – South Carolina game. It didn’t kick off until 2300. Regardless, we stayed up and watched. LSU won 28-16. My other football observations for NCAA were that Army still sucks, Navy had an incredible comeback, Notre Dame will can Charlie Weis, and I’m sorry my parents had to endure watching Clemson crush N.C. State. Isn’t it cool that no matter what our backgrounds, differences, similarities, or opinions we can always come together for football?
The LSU game didn’t end until 0300. For some reason I couldn’t go right to sleep. Instead I read and listened to “The Chrome Cranks”.
We made it back to Balad last night. My SOP for late night returns from mission is that I don’t expect to see anyone around the office until after lunch. Given the fact that today was also a Saturday it meant everyone was off for the weekend. I’m going into stand-by mode. My next place of appointed duty is R&R. In the meantime, I’m getting my team ready for our next round of missions. The entire time I’m on leave the team will be out performing their jobs. I fully expect to return from leave and head straight out to join them somewhere. Leave comes first and I am fuckin’ psyched!
The Major who is covering for me while I’m gone is a graduate of LSU and LSU Law School. It’s a given that he’s an LSU football fan. I am too – by virtue of living in Baton Rouge for nine years. AFN aired the LSU – South Carolina game. It didn’t kick off until 2300. Regardless, we stayed up and watched. LSU won 28-16. My other football observations for NCAA were that Army still sucks, Navy had an incredible comeback, Notre Dame will can Charlie Weis, and I’m sorry my parents had to endure watching Clemson crush N.C. State. Isn’t it cool that no matter what our backgrounds, differences, similarities, or opinions we can always come together for football?
The LSU game didn’t end until 0300. For some reason I couldn’t go right to sleep. Instead I read and listened to “The Chrome Cranks”.
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