Dept. of Quagmires

Christine sends a picture taken at "an alterations shop in (the town of) 29 Palms where I get my own alterations done. There are always Marines in there, getting their stripes sewn on or whatever. The last time I was there a big guy in fatigues was asked if he could pick up his stuff in a week, and he just shook his head and said something to the effect that, You never know these days. This was right as they were getting ready to ship a bunch more guys back to Iraq."