My friend was there on the DMZ back in the early 90’s just to be a tripwire just like your cuz while I went to the desert. Tell your cuz I said thanks for his service.
Thank you sir for your service as well. My favorite story is still when he came back from Iraq. I picked him up in Atlanta and some liberal protestor during the height of the protests spit at him (yes, it did happen). He decked the idiot and airport cops surrounded us. Cameras caught the incident which vindicated us.
Afterwards, I asked him that I never saw him so riled up. His explanation was “his loogie hit my boots. It took me hours to shine my boots, dude.”