No worries Skunk Hunter. I already forgot about it. I figured it was just a misunderstanding.

As for the food, I am in a little different role than most service members. I work for Stars and Stripes. This forces me to wear civilian attire and live pretty much like a civilian; when not deployed. Since we are the only Defense Media Activity that practices the First Amendment (we can't be told by a general "you can't print that") I have to introduce myself by name and not rank. My point is, I eat what I cook at home and seldom eat at the chow hall. When I go to the field I usually just eat at whatever FOB is closest and I get reminded what it's like to be fed SOS on a daily basis. I usually just stick to the MREs which I find rather good, relatively at least. But, you'd be surprised at some of the Army chow halls down range. [censored] the entire bases for that reason. "I went to war and a garrison broke out," is a common saying now days.

As for the serious, fun and in between, I am a Jarhead through and through and have been known to crack a mom joke within minutes of taking incoming fire. "Your mom's so fat her fart cracked the humvee windshield," after a motar strike always lightens the situation a little. Anything to take the edge off of the fear.

I have been addicted to knives for quite some time. Weapons in general for that matter. I guess it's one of the reasons I joined the Corps. Well that, and Full Metal Jacket. I wanted to be Joker.

My biggest problem with knives is that any knife tough enough to meet my standards is usually too expensive and I don't want to use it properly for fear of destroying my investment. Hurting a $100 -/+ knife wouldn't get me down, so I have hopes about these. Especially with the guarantee they have.