"Yeah, if they don't charge, they're VC, if they charge, wear a goddamn rubber unless you want to catch a dose." He found that out the hard way on some boom-boom at a steam and cream; pissing needles until he went to the doc and got a shot of antibiotic. "But man, they say the best pussy is Subic. Save your pay and get the gold plated muthafuckin' snatch there, god-damn!"

He was humping his shotgun, down on ammo but not too bad, yet, and the new SMG. It was light and handy enough, and it was something he could throw to Bobby when the Pig went up. He didn't have ammo belts anymore, so he still felt like he was humping a light load. 

"Best of all, the Filipina senoritas won't slit your throat. Best boom-boom in the entire Pacific, can't even get that kind of groove going with round-eye nurses." That was a 'Nam fantasy, but not a reality -- the roundeye nurses were officers only, and that's only if you got lucky.