yeah I know what you mean about the diabetes thing...i have since discovered "Big Red Zero" and am in absolute heaven, i too was a drinker and had to "change my wicked ways"
i just thought about it...you may not have any idea what big red is...let alone big red zero, it's a regional soda that is flavored unlike any other.
anyway it's 3rd battalion that's up in WA and while i never "had the pleasure" of going to sinai i did spend time in korea along with 2 tours in both iraq and afghanistan...see you on the boards!