and All the Ships at Sea!
Our FRiend, KJFine didn't hold anything back, with his description of this place. Fort McCoy is OUT HERE - cel phones barely work, email is dial-up only, and we all fight to get the two outside lines that willlink us to the outside world.
Dexter the Dell is doing yeoman's work up here, with class notes, games, email inks, and of course, Sarge's poems and short stories. Gotta have some fun.
But the days are all 14-hour class deals, and here's the big surprise: Sarge's trip grew from two weeks, to EIGHT. Seems the orders got, um, "extended" slightly. So, Sarge will be reporting from doings back inside the Green Suit for some time to come.
But now, for the moment y'all were waiting for - SARGE AND TOMKOW!
Saturday morning saw us linking up at a restaurant NW of the Windy City, rain all over the place, and lots of warm food inside - WAFFLES! Tomkow drinks almost as much coffee as Sarge, and almost the same strength, too - must be the Navy in him.
We traded war stories, service stories, family stories and tall stories - I'm certain of that one. And the photos do the justice, too. We used Tomkow's camera; Sarge's has no flash. but the pics show the deal - we actually now have evidence of who we look like. And two more FReepers have joined up.
Now, onto the Personals:
TONKIN: Glad to see you keeping on, and a big thanks for the Canteen;
BENTFEATHER: How did the Poetry Contest finally end up, lots of verses from all of us I don't wonder?
THE GALZ: Sarge is not AWOL, nor is he MIA - AOB (Away On Business), and will check back in as often as things permit;
THE GUYZ: Glad to see everyone's still checking in and keeping up, Fellas!
TO MY BRETHREN UNDER ARMS: We pause to remember our absent friends, tomorrow. But as long as we can recite their names, they're not entirely gone. I'll raise a glass, too, and look them in the eye...
Sarge will be in and out for a while, so Let's Have Fun!
SARGE
