California Love

So I am sitting in the USO at LAX writing this post. Regrettably, I am not going to explore LA while I am here, although I am still adding it to the list of places I have been. I have visited: Columbia, SC; San Antonio, TX; Atlanta, GA twice; Tongducheon, Republic of Korea; Seoul, Republic of Korea; Osan, Republic of Korea; South Padre Island, TX during spring break; Austin, TX three times; Houston, TX four times; Dallas, TX my home in the US; and Anchorage, AL). Of course, I only know many of these places by the airports. Flying is still a strange experience for me, although I am quickly accruing more time on jets than all of my family members combined. I am not afraid, yet on every takeoff and landing I imagine the plane shuddering tipping and bursting into flames. I have a very morbid imagination.
I never thought I would become a war blogger, yet here I am. After eleven days of leave, I will be returning to South Korea to train and then deploying to the Middle East. Odds are, judging by the results of other war bloggers, my chain of command is likely going to shut me down for saying the wrong thing, but let's have fun until then shall we?