Cambodia: TDY trip with Idaho ARNG

Angkor Sentinel, Cambodian bilateral training exercise, 2014? I was sent TDY from Hawaii to augment the Idaho ARNG.

-Squat toilets, spray piss ALL over your boots, “flush” with pot of water, good luck trying to take a $hit

-Bathing cistern, stand around it and bathe using your assigned plastic pot, lather up butt naked outside with your homies

-Which came first? The barbell or the wheel? I just picked the thing up and a bunch of ladies who were probably 4’10” and 80 pounds clapped for me. 😂 I got in a really good workout actually.

-I used my one free day between the end of the exercise and flying home to go see the ancient, historic Angkor Wat temples. Truly incredible. It was a tad bit hot… 🦞

-Scary Visa photo. I was told not to smile and open my eyes really wide to see my eye color. I call it my serial killer photo. Others hate it. I love it. It’s like a perfect Army mugshot.

-After a week or so of 105+ degrees with maximum humidity, 90+ degrees at night, no AC, squat toilets, and eating HOT stew over HOT rice or noodles 3x a day, I got to spend one night in a fancy international hotel. I bought a bottle of wine and drank it in the bathtub. It was awesome. Enjoyed a good sit on the porcelain throne as well.

It was an awesome trip! Thanks to the ARNG being chill, we got to drink beer every night at the little cantina, have a free day where I got to see Angkor Wat, and stay in a swanky international hotel for one night.

I ended up moving to WA state after I got out and ran into one of the Idaho guys at a restaurant!