Drunk Cadillac – An Ode to Military Humor
When I was stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground for the Ordnance Officer Basic Course in Aberdeen, Maryland, I started looking around for a car for my wife. The car would…
Kansas Donut Stop – An Ode to Military Humor
When I was stationed at Eighth United States Army (EUSA) G4, United States Forces Korea (USFK), Yongsan, Seoul, Republic of Korea (ROK), I was sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to…
Liquid Donuts – An Ode to Military Humor
I loved my red Chevy van. It had a lot of personal significance to me, but the significance about that van with respect to my military career was not insignificant. …
Grand Canyon Cowboy – An Ode to Military Humor
It was just after Thanksgiving, in 1982, and my wife, my daughter, and I had just packed up our van for an extended trip. We were moving from Arizona to…
No Donuts at Camp Rushmore – An Ode to Military Humor
I was traveling with my wife and daughter in my red Chevy van. We were headed across the United States traveling from the West Coast to the East Coast. I…
Bacardi Jalapeno Blasts – An Ode to Military Humor
There are a few times in a person’s military career when they are ecstatic beyond the ability for words to express how they feel when they are leaving a place. …
Santa’s Chevy Van – An Ode to Military Humor
I had purchased a red Chevy van in Denver, Colorado in December 1981. I had traded in a worthless Dodge Omni that I had purchased a year before in 1980. …
Dodge Crinkle Car Special – An Ode to Military Humor
The first car that I bought when I came back from Korea was a silver 1980 Dodge Omni. I paid $6000 for that car out the door through the military…
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…
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…