Greyscale edition Waterfalls ran between the domes of green looming as hills into mountains as we looked upon the glory of the main island of the archipelago of the 50th state. The MP waved me through the gate again, the same man, six months later, although I don't need to use the gate; however, if it's open I use it, for it's a shorter and smoother way to the mountain retreat. The other MP stayed inside the hut-a good practice. We headed up. Juliet from Jamaica had been taking care of the place, on and off, and all was found to be in order. No one can find us here. I thought back almost 40 years... Long ago, near the end of my Army term, I became the temporary Captain of an MP unit for three months. It was a rare MP combat unit that had returned from Vietnam/Cambodia. MP combat units guard convoys and other times forward installations. My new job mostly amounted to keeping track of them, their needs, and their pay, although there was an interesting incident which I may get to later. I deployed them around Fort Shafter and Schofield Barracks, as many thousands of troops were returning during the Paris Peace Accords. MPs were always needed. If the Army had only two troops, then one would have to be an MP. There was no Major, so I reported to the Colonel. An MP has a lot of power. An MP can arrest a General, even inside the Pentagon. Of course, they'd better be right or have probable cause. Who, then, watches the guards, as one always wonders? Well, it's the Judge Advocate General's corps. And who watches them? No one, really, for they are an end unto themselves. The Uniform Code of Military Justice rules all. The MPs police the internals of the army, mostly, wherein there are even more problems than in civilian life, while the D-I-A focuses on externals, yet here I was, doing both, due to a shortage of MP Majors. My old friend, the CGUSAPAC (Commanding General USA/Pacific) was gone, having just retired, and so there was a new one. I would probably have to arrest him one day, on the last day of my term, which was another reason for my new assignment made by the former General.