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I am an inactive Marine. Once a Marine...
I went to Clark on a det when we were on det (you figger it out!) to Iwakuni for VMFA-333's last Phantom det. I think I just over-detted
We transitioned to the F/A-18 when we got back to Beautiful Beaufort by the Sea. I am being sarcastic, by the way.
Anywho, out of our 6 months at Iwakuni, we went to Clark for 2 months, and Osan, Korea for 2 months. I really enjoyed Clark. Beautiful base, although Angelese City wasn't the greatest I ever saw. Lovely country-side, though. Great food at the street vendors, too. They called it monkey meat. Whether it was or not, I dunno, but for 5 pesos you got 2 skewers full of meat, bar-b-que'd in the most incredibly delectable sauce I ever did have. I had to run an extra 2 miles and do 2 more hours in the gym every day to keep the weight off. I did enjoy the food, maybe a bit too much...
I was sad when I saw that Clark had been abandoned because Pinatubo blew her top, shortly after we went back to...the States. Although there was a pretty respectable rumble in the ground while we were there. Pinatubo getting ready, I guess. I grew up 35', literally, from the western edge of the San Andreas fault though, so a little shake like that, about a 6 or so, didn't bother me much. Great det for a Marine. Lotsa great food, pretty Air Force girls, really nice Air Force barracks. A lot nicer than the condemned ones they put us in. We had to pull the tape and Condemned signs off the doors when we arrived, that's how I knew.
Osan wasn't bad, but the South Koreans fertilize their fields with raw human waste, and the whole country has a certain...pong, if you see what I mean. They didn't even put us IN barracks at Osan. They made us set up a tent city on the far side of the golf course, up against the perimeter fence. There was a ROK Marine det right on top of a hill above us. Those are some tough little buggers. They get along with US Marines great, though. They still remember the Korean War.
Some of my Far East fun times
Pat☺
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Sgt of Marines
USMC, 10 years proud service.
Inactive now...
In the late 60's I was stationed at Camp Casey, Korea. The barber shop(s) on base gave terrific hair cuts and shaves, and some girls there would also offer manicure and pedicure services for a very modest charge. IIRC, the total for a full experience was about $5 script dollars. Yes, we were paid in script rather than real US dollars..
Every few months we went through a "script exchange" where we would have to exchange our remaining script for new script. That frustrated the hell out of the Korean villagers who then would have a shed load of worthless script...
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