joegie -
Yeah, as crazy as the DPRC is, when you live in San Dawg, life is pretty sweet. I remember the first time I landed at North Island on a cross country. When I popped the canopy I swear it was unreal. The sun was brighter, the air cleaner and the sky bluer. That was around 1983 and I still remember it.
Frog Lube was a classmate and roommate of mine at Aviation Officer Candidate school (AOCS) in Pensacola. He was prior Air Farce Enlisted. He selected for jets but never received his wings. Missed it by that much I think, but I'll never understand why. He ended up being a Frogman and served over 30 years and retired as an O-6; I attended his retirement ceremony on the USS MIDWAY. A good, smart, intellect, well-read, kind, don't fuck with him, kind'a man. Also, a surfer dude!
Ya know. I feel like I high-jacket this post with Corona-boredom talk. I apologize.