A Subway is a Subway is a Subway.....NOT

I spent enjoyable half hour or so yesterday afternoon talking with Seth. That conversation was followed by an early morning call this morning from Eli. The boys had been out on a mission and when Seth called yesterday they had just returned. They had delivered supplies to a distant FOB (Forward Operating Base) spending the night there before returning. It is a small FOB and Eli spent the night in the ASV while Seth slept on top of his ASV. Today, after sleeping in until 10 AM they ran some errands going to the PX to pick up some things and Seth went to get a haircut. Apparently he's tired of Eli cutting his his hair and wanted something different....how different can you get when you have no hair? He wanted to get a fade, which is different from a high and tight which is different from Eli's buzz cut.
They enjoyed lunch at the Subway today. Maybe "enjoyed" is too strong a word. Subway in Iraq is a little different from Subway in Fishersville! What good is teriyaki chicken without teriyaki sauce? And how can you not have pork products? One kind of cheese, eight different subs.....a lack of choices, but it's still Subway and a nice change of pace. A day off today, light duty tomorrow, off on Sunday except for attending a ceremony to receive Combat Infantry Badges then a probable mission next week.