A little off topic, but it is about a Marine Sergeant Major. Just can't get it off my mind.
It is a story of a very small world.
When I was going to NC State my parents kept telling me about a guy named Eric who went to school there. They were friends with Eric's parents in rural Maryland where I grew up. One of my best friends knew Eric - but I still hadn't met him. However, I did know a girl named Stephanie who turned out to be the daughter of my Base Sergeant Major from Iwakuni Japan! Well, Eric & Stephanie ended up getting married and of course her father, the Sergeant Major, came to the wedding.
When I met the Sergeant Major I told him I was stationed in Iwakuni. He coldly gave me the "once over" with a look communicating "if you were still in the Marines, I'd PT your butt in the ground dough boy!"
Ah, yes, Sergeant Majors have a special way about them!
Here is a picture from that wedding. I'm on the left. Eric is on the right.