EDITED 6/04/2010: Due to the amount of unwanted traffic this post is generating, I have intentionally dashed the word j-u-i-c-y in the hopes that it will stop the spam or at least slow it down.

Ahem…[clearing throat]…

So I’ve been trying to figure out for a while now how to diplomatically explain what a j-u-i-c-y girl is.

If you’ll remember, I first mentioned them a couple of weekends ago when the guys were on lock-down.

Well, first & foremost, it’s Army slang…but you probably figured that.

And no…they’re not Korea’s version of the Spice Girls – so nope, not a girl band.

The “juice” in j-u-i-c-y girls refers to the fruity drinks they all want the soldiers to buy them…

…on the weekends…

…at the bars…

…after midnight…

…when soldiers tend to drink…

…and get lonely…

…and are apt to throw their hard-earned money at anything that looks good in a skirt…

…or in this case 6-inch black platform hooker pumps.

(I’m just sayin’, but you didn’t hear that from me.)

While I do not know these particular girls personally & did not take this picture (it came from the base newspaper), they are unfortunately indicative of the term, J-u-i-c-y Girl.

They can be the downfall of girlfriends left back home…the scourge of wives who didn’t ask for sponsorship…the source of many not-so-tasteful guy-jokes…and are usually hired by the local bar owners to “help business”.

I think what’s interesting the most to me, is the fact that Army opinions seem to split two-ways over them.

1. There’s the love-struck young…and sometimes older…soldiers who want to sweep them off their feet, marry them right away & take them back to the states…free from a life of j-u-i-c-y servitude in Korea.
2. Then there’s the skeptical, cynical soldiers who believe a j-u-i-c-y girl is only after your money, your military benefits (something only obtained through marriage) & a free ticket to the states.

So now you know.