In the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I am no longer in the Army, and that this article is based on the policies of the Army such as they were throughout the 90s until I got out. As far as I know, these policies are still in place, but I don't know this for sure. I remember going through the Primary Leadership Development Course, and learning about Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity. The Army had an active Affirmative Action program, as well as having a HUGE Equal Opp...

Upon finishing up the case of beer at the playground, the four of us headed down to the clubs in town. I don't recall where all we went that night, but if it was a normal night, we probably bounced around between the Oasis, Top Hat, and Duffy's clubs. We spent the evening nursing the drunk that we acquired by pounding excessive amounts of beer. At some point in the night, some of the other members of our unit met up with us downtown, and we all partied together. The clubs closed up at 2...

Upon finishing up the case of beer at the playground, the four of us headed down to the clubs in town. I don't recall where all we went that night, but if it was a normal night, we probably bounced around between the Oasis, Top Hat, and Duffy's clubs. We spent the evening nursing the drunk that we acquired by pounding excessive amounts of beer. At some point in the night, some of the other members of our unit met up with us downtown, and we all partied together. The clubs closed up at 2...

Thanks to Greywar for inspiring me to relive the joy and pain of some wonderful and horrible nights in my mind. I've been inspired by him to share a few with everybody. I've changed all the names to protect the guilty (as there were no innocents in these events......ever...). Feb. 19, 1996 was Seol-nal, which is the Lunar New Year holiday in Korea. To celebrate, one of our colleagues, SGT Stocky, decided to invite several of us over to his house off-post to party. He was married to a Ko...

Thanks to Greywar for inspiring me to relive the joy and pain of some wonderful and horrible nights in my mind. I've been inspired by him to share a few with everybody. I've changed all the names to protect the guilty (as there were no innocents in these events......ever...). Feb. 19, 1996 was Seol-nal, which is the Lunar New Year holiday in Korea. To celebrate, one of our colleagues, SGT Stocky, decided to invite several of us over to his house off-post to party. He was married to a Ko...

Well, we gathered up all of the relevant paperwork and information to make our case, and my wife called Sen. Allen's office this morning. His office has a dedicated immigration assistance specialist, who was very nice, and at least tried to be helpful. She informed us that we should have applied for the renewed work permit more than 90 days in advance, and that BCIS normally advises people as such. My wife informed her that a BCIS employee SPECIFICALLY told us that we could not apply early...

Okay, for those that don't know me, here's a personal bit of information: my wife is an immigrant (or LONG term tourist as it were, since she hasn't attained permanent residence status, much less U.S. citizenship yet). We met while I was going to college in Korea, fell in love, waited 2 years for the opportunity to be "co-located" again, at which point I dragged her and all of her shit from Korea to the U.S., got married, and began the Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly known as...

Well, after a few weeks of repeated attempts, Joe User has finally deemed me worthy to have my own blog. I will use this site to rant and rave and share ridiculous bits of info. I'll try not bore, though I'm sure I'll offend some. Oh well, life's a bitch. More to come after the NFL playoffs!!