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[sylvacoer]

The other day, Michy's on-again-off-again pookie pinned on his second stripe, which is the Naval equivalent of Tech Sergeant. Apparently naval promotions for the enlisted below senior NCO are pretty informal - no board or anything, just a general show up at work one day and be informed you're promoted. Oh, and you need a new uniform. Because

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[smillaraaq]

According my hubster (once an Army drill sergeant), the way you get by in the military without owning an iron is to have everything properly pressed and starched at the cleaners. (That's just based on past conversations: if I'd asked him about this case in particular, I'm sure the response would have included the usual inter-service mockery. *grin*)

(You're in Hawai'i? *sigh* I was born and raised there, but have been in exile on the mainland for the last thirteen-odd years. Not that you really know me from Adam, but if you'd be willing to do a small favor for a fellow fangirl, might I beg you to take an extra flower with you for my sake the next time you're up at Pearl Harbor or Punchbowl? Not being able to visit those shrines anymore is one of the many things I deeply miss...)

[sylvacoer]

Of course I will.

[smillaraaq]

Bless you. Seriously.

The WWII vet who was, essentially, an Iroh-like figure in my childhood is buried at Punchbowl. I'd not dream of asking you to go on a wild-goose-search for the precise site, and really, leave a blossom at one of the main memorials, or even on Ernie Pyle's grave off the main memorial drive, and I think he would have approved heartily.

I'm not the fastest writer, so I've taken the liberty of adding you to my fandom filter -- in the absence of more from me to actually read, you're welcome to stop by and mock my whingeing about not actually writing.

(And if it wasn't abundantly clear from my comments elsewhere, I love love love the penguin equations. And your fanart for Loveroftheflame is CLAMP!tastic.)

[sylvacoer]

I'll look into it - I intend to re-visit all the memorial istes before I leave the island.

*pokes you* write, durnit! i don't care if you think it's good or not!