It is a miracle that I made it out of my twenties,,,HA.
No kidding, ditto. The things I did then.... Nothing illegal that I know of, but crazy like mountain biking skinny trails all alone in Alaska, jumping off cliffs, hitchhiking (where it was legal)....
I was hassled at many border checkpoints too, each time, not having done anything wrong.
I can definitely understand how this poor Marine ended up in this situation. The holier-than-thous, on the other hand...