[oh8eleven]

The isolation of PI may have been a better way to get through without the longing to be out there ...
You're pretty close. I was 1st Battalion, PI, and if we got a smoking circle in the evening, we could see headlights of vehicles off in the distance crossing the causeway back to the mainland.
Can't tell you how many times I said I wish I was in that car/bus/cab/deuce-and-a-half/six by ... whatever ... just get me the hell off this island!
Other than that, there was no evidence of life outside PI. None.
Semper Fi ...

[ErnBatavia]

Ah....the moment reality hit home for the poor maggot: