So there I was in Okinawa ... having to supervise mount out for a deployment to Korea .... Me and my Master Sergeant had to go "inspect" our pallets ... at Camp Courtney -- an afternoon trip from Camp Foster .... So I sez to Top .... "Let's take our scuba gear!" He was scuba qual'd. Top sez "Sir, yes Sir!" We load our scuba gear in the van, head to Camp Courtney, spend 15 minutes inspecting our mount out load and then the rest of the day at Onna Point scuba diving.
At the end of the day, back at Camp Foster, Top tells me I would have been a "Helluva Lance Corporal!" I took that as one of the highest compliments of my career.
