Field trip

I flew to another location recently for a couple of days. The base is currently maintained by the Germans, and the dining facility is run by the Norwegians and staffed by a gourmet Swedish chef. What an experience. It was noteworthy to have portraits of the King and Queen of Norway in the dining room. The two of them probably got together and and strategized that gourmet dining facilities for their army was the way to go. Most of these other troops are not subject to General Order No. 1B, as I am, so there were drinking establishments like beach clubs, tucked away in tents here and there.

BREAK BREAK

A commentator to this blog, my dear friend gloom, has embarked on a different kind of field trip, he has been mobilized to support rescue efforts in Haiti. The Navy Reserve, I see, is cutting 30 day orders to help with the efforts there. Be safe, gloom. Ah, the things you will see. I mentioned to Richard last night that gloom was deployed, and he recounted a story from his Navy days, when the Royal Navy and US Navy were sent to Hong Kong after a tidal wave. Their mission was to clean up the island, because the citizens of Hong Kong would not. He stated that the bodies after a week in the sun, no longer resembled humans.