I knew he wasn't in the middle east, or he would have mentioned the Iraq or Afghanistan campaign medals. The whole "near the front lines" threw me off, because I forgot we're still technically in a state of war with North Korea.
They signed an armistice in the fifties, but that's defined as a temporary cessation of hostilities. The state of war still exists.
I actually did assume you were in the Middle East or Afghanistan so that part worked.
I knew he wasn't in the middle east, or he would have mentioned the Iraq or Afghanistan campaign medals. The whole "near the front lines" threw me off, because I forgot we're still technically in a state of war with North Korea.
They signed an armistice in the fifties, but that's defined as a temporary cessation of hostilities. The state of war still exists.