Training Site

My training site was revealed a few days ago and it's Olongapo, a city North of the Bataan Peninsula. This is also the city where the former military base we Americans held on Subic Bay. This place is chalk full of history dating around the time of WWII. I'm excited to see some monuments and such but this city also has it's issues. Prostitution was a booming business when the base was still in the city, as soldiers would take to the night when on leave. Even after about twenty years the issue is still present, even with child prostitution more prevalent. It's sad and it's another reason I'm glad to be there, I'll have the chance to help a city in need. It's a wildly complicated and tough issue to tackle and I can't be sure I'll have much of any effect on it in the time I'll be there, about eleven weeks. I hope my time spent will be enough for me to glean some idea of what difficulties I might face and possible solutions too.

My fab cluster mates are Chelsea, Trevor, and Katie. These guys I'll be hanging with for a few weeks more, they're actually pretty cool people, bonus.