What are the cushiest orders you never got? There are some billets in the military that a guy shouldn't get paid to take, but they never came around me. Met an E-5 in Singapore who brought the mail down to the ship while we stopped for about 4-hours to load fuel (enroute Gulf for the 5th, 6th, who knows how many-eth times). The guy must have been about 18 years old, and an E-5! He was grumbling about just arriving in Singapore, got his lousy orders to report to the embassy. Got there and the first thing they told him was to go out in the economy and find a place to rent. Something with an installed security system. He rented a 2-BR condo with a view of the harbor. The Government picked up the tab, in addition to paying him full per diem, vehicle allowance, etc. I wanted to stuff the little squirt in a mail bag and pitch him over the side! I never got orders like that! Another was the Personnel Exchange Program (PEP) where a guy would get orders to some place like Australia for a 2-3 year tour working with the Aussie Navy. Again, apartment/condo, full per diem, vehicle allowance, no duty, no watches to stand. Just hang around with a bunch of Aussies and drink damn good beer and eat crispy stuff off the barbie! I never got orders like that!
What are the cushiest orders you never got?