January 19, 2008

Dining Out

Last night we had a squadron mess night, a formal dinner affair. It was technically a "Dining Out" because we had spouses and girlfriends present, while a typical "Dining In" has members of the mess only.

All the guests meant things were kept a bit more civil than normal, with no pranks, hijinks, or fines. We had a delicious meal cooked by the O Club catering staff, and drank many toasts. I had little wine with the meal, and only sipped the toasts, but many of my compatriots got seriously hammered.

It was unfortunate that all of the UDP Marines (that came from the US west coast units to reenforce us) only brought along their service charlies, which as formal uniforms go is rather informal. The ladies wore ball gowns and formal kiminos, while we were in short-sleeve kakhi shirts. I wish we could have worn our blues, but the UDP guys didn't bring theirs, and the unity of the mess demands that we wear the same uniform.

The guest of honor was a Brigadier General that I've never heard of; he was invited because our squadron Sergeant Major is moving on to a new posting next week, working for that BGen. He gave a speech that was decently presented but unmemorable.

All the alcohol and hooting and hollering and cigar smoke gave me a headache, so I cut out early during the cocktails following dinner.

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