GR translation: you checked under the barracks lately

[Michael Lee Bailey]

Probably crawl space

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM, Mike Jing <[gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com](mailto:On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM, Mike Jing <<a href=)> wrote:

> V595.2-7, P605.19-24 “Solid. Hey, you checked under the barracks lately?”
> Seems the CBI returnees get together to play marbles with opium balls. You
> can pick up hundreds if you’re any good. Corpsman Krypton pockets his money
> and leaves Bodine flexing his thumb and thinking about it, moves on copping
> feels, pausing to drink from a shell case of grain alcohol and grapefruit
> juice, whilst dealing the odd tablet of codeine.
>
> What does "check under the barracks" mean here?
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