r/nottheonion • u/novagridd • 6h ago

Thailand's Prostitution Patrol on High Alert as 5,000 US Sailors Drop Ship After 200 Days at Sea

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/pattaya-police-intensify-prostitution-patrols-us-navy-visit-1763395
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u/jay78910 5h ago edited 5h ago

Had a guy order a 65K (~2006) truck, before we even left Iraq. It was parked waiting for him when we got home and I remember thinking "he just spent everything he made in the past year before we even got home". I think it was Ford(?) that had those little stations set up on FOBs. They knew what they were doing.

He was married, and I remember his wife sent him booze disguised as something else. Maybe she should have kept him sober while he was away.