“The thing that scares me the most is that everyone’s going to try and ‘rehabilitate’ me,” says Al.<\/p>\n
“All I want’s a good job,” says Fred, “a mild future, and a little house just big enough for me and my wife. Give me that much, and I’m ‘rehabilitated’ like that.<\/em>” Fred snaps his fingers.<\/p>\n “I’d say that’s not too much to ask,” says Al.<\/p>\n “You married, Al?” asks Fred.<\/p>\n “Yup,” says Al.<\/p>\n “How long?” asks Fred.<\/p>\n “Twenty years,” says Al.<\/p>\n “Twenty years?” replies Fred, incredulous. Fred looks down at his Overseas Service bars. His uniform shows that he’s been in service for two and a half years. “Holy smoke!” laughs Fred. “We didn’t even have twenty days before I went over. I married a girl I met when I was in training in Texas.”<\/p>\n “Well, now you and your wife will have a chance to get acquainted, hm?” says Al.<\/p>\n “Yeah,” agrees Fred. He looks down at the sleeping sailor. “I wonder how Homer will make out?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Service Stripes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":341,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b46011.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"23:03","filesize":"21.31M","date_recorded":"18-01-2021","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"11","itunes_title":"Minute 011: Twenty Years?","itunes_season_number":"1","itunes_episode_type":"full","filesize_raw":"22344037"},"tags":[],"series":[3],"episode_featured_image":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/r46011.jpg","episode_player_image":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b46000-mp3-image.jpg","download_link":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/podcast-download\/546\/minute-011-twenty-years.mp3","player_link":"http:\/\/www.thebestminutes.com\/cm\/podcast-player\/546\/minute-011-twenty-years.mp3","audio_player":"\n