"I grinned as I squatted by the fire, "and if I had not you would have thought I was not there."The others laughed and he grinned, "true."That was my ...est into the long range scouts. We went out in pairs or alone and sometimes it was weeks before we returned. I started with senior sergeant Crosse who had grown up not far from where I lived. Six months and his time was up and I got sergeant Alex, until he stepped on a viper and I had to carry him out.Master sergeant Dibow did not have anyone. I called it my "cocktail party" technique.Every time the ship docked somewhere there would be a cocktail party for the local dignitaries. It was the duty of all officers to entertain these people, usually with the assistance of the local consulate or embassy. My first Captain explained the skill of asking questions until you found a subject that the guest was interested in, and then using follow-up questions to keep the conversation going. I had mastered the skill and learned enough to ask. Twelve beds with a curtain separating them into six beds per area. Four held sixteen year old young women and six held young men two sixteen , two seventeen , and two eighteen year olds. Alyssa walked the room greeting each patient as most had been there at least a year with an unknown sickness. Brad the eighteen year old ring leader greeted her with his usual comment that she looked great in her uniform but would look better out of it at which they all snickered. Alyssa went about her usual. One evening, Mary waited for Amy in the dorm. They had scheduled another farting contest for that night, but Amy was running late. Amy was flakey sometimes, and would run about a half hour late without calling. This time, Angie was about an hour late, so Mary was a little irritated. She really enjoyed the contests, and wished Angie would keep to a schedule. Mary shifted around on Angie's bed, trying not to let any gas out. She wiggled her round ass, grimacing as the bloat grew in her.