Well, this ain't Kansas anymore....

[boracayjohnny]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Stryzok got one, and apparently kept it even after failing his polygraph and having his text messages come to light.

It's not about what you know, it's who ya know. I've heard of some folks keepin' a clearance active due to a hookup. Say they're not in a job with a clearance but know they'll need a clearance for a job in the future. They talk to said friend who makes the right inputs and voila. Not me since I heard it through the grapevine, oh yea, heard it through the grapevine....

[PortDawg]

Originally Posted by boracayjohnny

In UAE?

That's like vacation land. They can drive themselves to a sit down restaurant downtown some where. Or they can go to a hotel and get hammered at the bar inside the pool. Yes, inside the pool. Near the pool is a man made beach with a canal of some sort.

If memory serves, this one...

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Re..._of_Dubai.html

Edit:

Nope, not that one. That's Dubai, although it is similar. We were in Abu Dhabi.

I also want to thank the European lady tourists. We had been out in the boonies for a coupla months. We went from crappy conditions to a five star hotel that served a tasty Lobster Thermador. The hotel I'm talking about handed out towels at the entrance to the pool/beach. The ladies, after receiving the towels, decided right there was good as any place to change from street clothes to bikinis. Thanks again, ladies.

Living on base.... I miss cold water. AC in the shitter near my room in a can wasn't working last year when I was here, still doesn't. Chow hall food still sucks.

[boracayjohnny]

Originally Posted by PortDawg

Living on base.... I miss cold water. AC in the shitter near my room in a can wasn't working last year when I was here, still doesn't. Chow hall food still sucks.

I guess we got rewarded for being in the shit for a bit. Big ole Suburbans to go where we wanted too. Oh and the deployed chow hall, the food isn't usually too bad but it's the same stuff over and over again with limited to no options other wise. With that said, the chow hall did provide me with the only time I've ever had Chicken Alfredo that tasted like tuna. I still haven't figured that one out. It was at Bagram and surely prepared by a TCN. I figure "George" from Sri Lanka had a crash course on American food that didn't work out so well.

[Broken Wind]

The ship I was deployed on stopped in Dubai for a few nights. My buddy and I went exploring on foot and walked miles and miles. After we pulled out of port, it hit me that I had just walked all over an Arab country with a Jewish American doctor.

[boracayjohnny]

Originally Posted by Broken Wind

The ship I was deployed on stopped in Dubai for a few nights. My buddy and I went exploring on foot and walked miles and miles. After we pulled out of port, it hit me that I had just walked all over an Arab country with a Jewish American doctor.

The devout Muslims will now have a retroactive conniption fit.

[PortDawg]

"Feels like" temp at 128 yesterday.... I'm questioning my sanity.

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by PortDawg

"Feels like" temp at 128 yesterday.... I'm questioning my sanity.

That get really tough, day after day

Is there a swimming pool ?

[boracayjohnny]

Originally Posted by PortDawg

"Feels like" temp at 128 yesterday.... I'm questioning my sanity.

Too damn hot.

[PortDawg]

Originally Posted by Jeff '79

That get really tough, day after day

Is there a swimming pool ?

Yes there is a pool...think bath water warm.

I really miss having cold water in the shower. It's the little things, ya know. I've said it before but I think this really is my last trip out here. Not getting any younger.