It’s That Time of Year Again
It is that year again, Ulchi Focus Lens (ULF) Time, where lots of US soldiers come to Korea on TDY orders, ROK Army soldiers can be seen all over the US installations making chow hall lines three times as long, half your unit is missing for a month due to taskings to puck icons on a computer and being drivers for retired brass, and North Korea says our little computer game is a prelude to war:
North Korea’s military said on Saturday war games by South Korea and United States were a prelude to a U.S. military attack and a tactic to compel it to accept U.S. terms in six-party talks on its nuclear program.
The North’s comments were the first since the six-country talks on ending Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions went into a three-week recess on August 7.
“Its brigandish aim is to wind up its preparations for preemptive attack on the DPRK and drive the situation on the peninsula to an extreme pitch of tension,” the North’s official KCNA news agency quoted an unnamed spokesman of the North Korean army as saying, referring to the drills.
The more things change around here, the more they stay the same.
Every time the North Koreans call you guys "pirates" or "brigands", the USFK commanders ought to allow the troops in the field to wear OD triangular bandages as "do rags" (instead of Kevlars). Also to sport one or more gold loop earrings (for those who have pierced ears, hey maybe noses and eyebrows too).
Also, troops should get to roll up the sleeves to display tattoos (as long as they're garish, flaming skulls, snakes etc). However, any young soldier who isn't yet shaving regularly and has "Mother" on his forearm will need to keep it covered; it ruins the desired image.
On second though scratch this whole proposal, you all would be in "pirate" uniform continously.
At least though you should educate your troops on what a "brigand" is. I bet most of them think it merely denotes a member of a brigade.
Paul,
This sounds like how some of these young guys dress to go out to the club.