They can call it a police action all they want, but the bullets are just as deadly, the enemy just as insane, and the conditions were just as brutal.I... was late in the South Vietnamese afternoon when our flight hit the runway. Potholes made by enemy mortars made our welcome extremely bumpy and for a few seconds I wondered if the plane was going to flip, ground loop, or veer off into the trees. Our pilots got it under control and taxied us to a corner where we were rushed off and hurried inside. Unlike the Boomers (missile subs), attack boats only have one crew, they're at sea a lot more, and their schedule is irregular. That visits havoc on friendships and not a few marriages.My marriage to PJ survived; Jack's marriage to Jill didn't. I'm cutting and pasting from his last e-mail. He gave me permission to turn it into a story, but I'm not sure it's my cup of tea. Maybe you can give me a hand.Anyway, after changing ALL the names, here's what he sent:So anyway, Jill and I divorced about. "One waffle iron. Three minutes per cycle." I'm gonna go get mine," Nikki said, heading for the door. She was back in a minute and we started up two waffle irons and kept the products in the oven until we had enough for everybody. It was far from a wild teenaged party. We do maintain sanity and decorum, but the laughter flows easily too. And all G-rated, because Mini-me was there with us. When we loaded the breakfast dishes into the washer and cleaned the mess up, the last step was coffee.. .The troops returned home...."Well, my brother fought at Basra, and is returning home. He and hiswife are living with me now... His job was given to someone else, he islooking for new Work... Time for a third party," said the serviceperson... His faith in his former party diminished..."I think you are right," said the lab man. He tried to confort him andgive him hope...-- A FEW DAYS LATER ----There were some strange test being done... In the past, when he askedquestions, they would be answered..