Well, what can I say? The last month or two got busy, I got lazy in updating this site. I am back home now, the first International Officers course at Vietnam’s National Defense Academy is now completed and history. I made a lot of friends amongst the other International Officers. We had a good time and I learned alot about not only Vietnam but of 14 other countries and people. This was a rewarding experience. I will try to post some more pictures, in the last month I was able to visit Sapa, and a few other places that I want to go back to again.
We saw many things, considering the Presidential Election in the US, it was interesting that Senator John McCain’s picture in Truc Bach Lake was seen in several of the museums. I also visited the memorial on the bank of Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi that commemorates the shoot down of Senator McCain. The memorial has several mistakes, it identifies Senator McCain as an Air Force pilot instead of a Navy pilot and it also spells his name in a transliterated Vietnamese which makes it almost unrecognizable to the average foreigner.
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August 6th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Hi, I found your page a few months ago when you started, I forgot about it until today and checked back – you didn’t say much! But I don’t fault you, instead I wanted to thank you. I don’t remember either how I found your page initially, but through it I was made aware that there even was such a thing as a Foreign Area Officer. After reading the PDF file about it, I’m convinced it’s for me. I’ve been in the USAR for almost 2 years with the goal of becoming a CO. Though I have my B.A., it will take few years to reach the qualifications to be a Foreign Area Officer, but I am happy to have something to aspire to!