Posted on 08/31/2026 1:06:25 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The Abraham Lincoln is due to dock on Wednesday at nearby Laem Chabang, with two accompanying Navy vessels, to allow nearly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard to rest and recuperate after over 200 days at sea,
Shore leave is typically staggered, meaning not all personnel will step off the vessels at the same time.
In Pattaya, a fishing village partly transformed into a tourism center on the back of U.S. service members seeking succour during the Vietnam War, some are hoping for a financial boost.
The overall commercial impact on Pattaya, which has over 300,000 rooms...
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When I saw the destination the first thing I did was to look and see if this was a Bee article. I’ve been TDY to Pattaya a few times and IYKYK.
There will be 5,000 doses of clap.
Hahahaha! I swear, there are so many peculiar dynamics in the military that are totally foreign to those who never served!
You was set up, man!
I never saw it, but was told that the corpsman in Sick Bay had stainless steel trays stacked with pre-drawn penicillin syringes!
I was no choirboy or prude, but that vision was enough to keep me away from that kind of activity!
Murray Head 1984
..and be lined up down the hall from sickbay the next day to have their bores punched.
Well. Couldn’t they release half the sailors on one side of the island and the other half on the other side so it didn’t tip over?
Watch out boys! Theres a reason why they call it Bangkoc.
“A retired Navy friend claimed it was mostly the slugs, with someone to watch over them for the scut work. He said a hard charger would burn out to get it just right when that was not needed. The slugs would often find a quick way to get it done.”
I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about. Everybody has a “duty” day, from senior officers on down. 25% of the crew has to be on board at all times, even in homeport, for emergencies up to and including getting under way. It is a simple 4 day rotation.
Who doesn’t like being a cougar once in their life??!!!
LOL! We laughed because if they were sober and knew our ages, they’d tease each other for life!!
Be honest...11 yro girls are not adults....Thailand is pedophilia ground one.
My Thai friends tell me that when a Thai doesn’t care much for you, they smile at you. They don’t like to confront anyone, like westerners do.
Money doesn’t talk....it swears...
....with kudos to Bob Dylan...
Money doesn’t talk....it swears...
....with kudos to Bob Dylan...
It’s Rota. I’ve been there.
Rhoda was the chick who lived door next to Mary Richards in Minneapolis. Lots of laughs on that show.
Man, I thought that urban legend died decades ago. Never has been any such disease. And nevwr was any disease that would not let you back into CONUS with.
It’s pretty easy to tell.
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