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GP6971

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2. I "loved" the 12 hour port calls prior

Reply to Aristus (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 11, 2024, 09:12 PM

Oct 11

to boarding. They kept us busy going through Customs and Ag inspections and then the often FOD walks of the runway especially on redeployment from Osan. After all that, we still had to wait about 5 hours for departure.

They were building King Khalid City when I was in Dammam in 79 on business. Of course, no one knew what they were building at the time. It was all hush hush.

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I have no doubt everyone who ever served in the military has a story about travel roadblocks. Aristus Oct 10 #1

I "loved" the 12 hour port calls prior GP6971 Oct 11 #2