Tag: Subic Bay
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The Replacement
“YOU’RE GOING TO FIT RIGHT IN” by OPOVV, ©2020 (Feb. 22, 2020) — “Walkin’ the Dog” (2:38) “So you’re the new guy?” “That would be me, Sir: Jones. At least for a couple of days, until I can catch a ride out to the Fleet.” “Don’t ‘Sir’ me, Jones: just call me ‘Cap.’ ‘Boats’ here…
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The Swabbie
“THE TWIST AND TURNS OF LIFE” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Feb. 28, 2019) — This takes place in the year 1965. “So I spent all day at the embassy, in Hong Kong, and I was walking back to my hotel, the Hilton, when I was jumped by two guys who, I don’t know, wanted to converse…
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Not Just Your Average Day
“NEVER BE COMPLACENT” by OPOVV, ©2014 (Mar. 24, 2014) — I was nominated to volunteer, thanks to “The Powers that Be.” In civilian terms, that is “God speak.” But I survived my Patriotic duty, which was keeping as many of us alive as possible, and made it back more or less intact, not knowing that years…
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Someone’s Got to Say It
CAN WE SEE THE SHARKS? by OPOVV, ©2013 (Feb. 25, 2013) — The trouble with unsubstantiated claims is that people will tend to discount previous and future reports out of ordinary, everyday experiences. Here’s a good for-instance: driving across Texas, little North of the Pecos River on a lonely two-lane highway in the middle of nowhere,…