Don’t Preach to Me – An Ode to Military Humor
Previously I ended up pulling duty as the duty driver and driving up to Battalion AT to pick up a new WAC (Women’s Army Corps) who was assigned to the…
Orienteering between Raindrops – An Ode to Military Humor
The rains had started at Fort Benning again, and raining usually generally always meant training. So, I figured that it wouldn’t be long before the company commander told us we…
Fiats Don’t Lie but Donuts Do – An Ode to Military Humor
It was turning out to be a spectacular summer at Fort Lewis. And the Fiat spider 2000 had been running mighty fine around town and on local trips. It was…
Chains Smoking a Winston – An Ode to Military Humor
After previously being assigned to a painting detail in the barracks at Fort Benning, and narrowly escaping an assault and battery by Pvt. Winston with an entrenching tool, I had…
Bused Straight into Concrete – An Ode to Military Humor
Previously I attended bus driver school at Fort Benning to get licensed to drive bus. My platoon sergeant, SFC Jones had said that the reason he was sending me was…
Dodging Donuts on the Road to Wichita – An Ode to Military Humor
I had leave coming to me, so I decided to drive my Buick Wildcat from Fort Benning to North Dakota. My leave was scheduled to start on Saturday morning, so…
ARTEP is Hell – An Ode to Military Humor
After going to the field at Fort Benning in November in the rain, there was an excess of training ammo that we still had to burn when we did not…
Toilet Head Rinse – An Ode to Military Humor
It was another fine day at Fort Benning, and we were standing around waiting for Muster formation. After morning roll call, Sergeant First Class (SFC) Jones said, “I need five…
Exit the Doby Enter the Lab – An Ode to Military Humor
I previously posted about Tobie the mighty dog, defender of running soldiers everywhere. Well, he defended me pretty well, and he defended his tennis ball extremely well. In fact, you…
Bus Driver Blues – An Ode to Military Humor
I had learned that volunteering at Fort Benning was not a wise move to make. I had learned that showing up early or too late for muster formation could make…