Tim, are you enjoying Schofield Barracks? I never made it to Hawaii, but my first duty station was Torii Station, Okinawa -- the best kept secret in the Army.
Actually, S. Korea is the best kept secret in the Army. It's been raining for the past 5 weeks and it feels like I'm living in friggin Seattle...which, btw, is where I'm going to retire in a few years...Olympia more specifically, but it's still in the Pacific Northwest. I loved Hawaii the moment I got off the plane in Honolulu. The Army essentially gave me a three year paid vacation. HUA!!!
It's been raining for the past 5 weeks and it feels like I'm living in friggin Seattle...which, btw, is where I'm going to retire in a few years...Olympia more specifically, but it's still in the Pacific Northwest.
Let me know when you do, and I'll buy you an ice cream and/or beer and/or both if you want to cross the border to Vancouver.
And my kayaking buddy around BC's Gulf Islands is ex-US military (and a Republican), so if you paddle and need a guide to some of ther better spots...
I was able to avoid Korea, thankfully. Had I been able to score one of the rare accompanied tours, I might agree with you. But, by and large, you know as well as I do that a remote Korea tour is not a married soldier's friend.
I really, really miss Okinawa and if a GS position opens up there in my field I'll be on it like there's no tomorrow.
By the nature of your "HUA," did you pull time at Huachuca?
I was stationed at Fort Huachuca back in the 1990s,but "HUA!" is an Army expression often used to express warrior motivation and/or acknowledgement and understanding. Used cleverly, it can mean "get the hell out of my face you moron officer" without said officer understanding that they have just been insulted.
Oh yes, I was active duty for 10 years. I am well acquainted with the it. However, it is most commonly spelled "Hooah," as in the "Hooah Bar" or www.hoo-ah.net. "HUA" tends to be the spelling inspired by folks out of Fort Huachuca, tying into the Fort's name, inspired by many of the commanders there. That's why I asked if you'd spent time there, based on your spelling of the exclamation.
I served there from early 1998 to late 2000 as a staff writer on the Scout newspaper. I feel the same way about Fort "Wegotcha" as I do about Okinawa -- were a GS slot to open there (well, a promotion from my current one) I would be there in a minute.
Actually, S. Korea is the best kept secret in the Army. It's been raining for the past 5 weeks and it feels like I'm living in friggin Seattle...which, btw, is where I'm going to retire in a few years...Olympia more specifically, but it's still in the Pacific Northwest. I loved Hawaii the moment I got off the plane in Honolulu. The Army essentially gave me a three year paid vacation. HUA!!!
Let me know when you do, and I'll buy you an ice cream and/or beer and/or both if you want to cross the border to Vancouver.
And my kayaking buddy around BC's Gulf Islands is ex-US military (and a Republican), so if you paddle and need a guide to some of ther better spots...
I really, really miss Okinawa and if a GS position opens up there in my field I'll be on it like there's no tomorrow.
By the nature of your "HUA," did you pull time at Huachuca?
I served there from early 1998 to late 2000 as a staff writer on the Scout newspaper. I feel the same way about Fort "Wegotcha" as I do about Okinawa -- were a GS slot to open there (well, a promotion from my current one) I would be there in a minute.