Calibrating Korean Streets – An Ode to Military Humor
When I was stationed in Korea at the 5th Preventive Medicine Unit, I earned such a good reputation working in the motor pool that the first sergeant convinced the commander…
Cheap Junk Runt – An Ode to Military Humor
I have briefly mentioned Fort Lost in the Woods (Leonard Wood), Missouri, here and there in several different posts. But I haven’t really talked about anything that happened there. Here…
Nights in Green Wool – An Ode to Military Humor
During my time at Fort Benning, I had four different roommates in the barracks. My first roommate was the incumbent when I arrived, and he got out of the Army…
Parking with CCF Donut Holes – An Ode to Military Humor
When I drove for the CCF (Central Confinement Facility) at Fort Benning, I had a lot of downtime while the soldiers were performing their extra duties. The Sergeant in charge…
The Preacher and the Poll Climber Not – An Ode to Military Humor
When I was going through basic training, they didn’t have these little timeout cards or stress cards in the Army that soldiers have now. But we did have a mechanism…
Car with the Magic Radio – An Ode to Military Humor
While stationed at Fort Benning I owned a metallic brown metal flake 1968 Buick Wildcat. In my younger years, I was quite partial to big block Buick automobiles. In fact,…
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…