ft benning – Page 4 – Springtime Folly

Shitting Pigeons on a Warm Summer Day – An Ode to Military Humor

By wright masters August 24, 2020Life is Strange, Off Duty Adventures

At Fort Benning, my off-duty time did not always consist of hanging out with friends and merely drinking and clubbing. Sometimes, hanging out with my friends meant driving around exploring…

Nights in Green Wool – An Ode to Military Humor

By wright masters August 21, 2020Military Life, Running and Drinking

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

By wright masters August 20, 2020Military Duty

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…

Car with the Magic Radio – An Ode to Military Humor

By wright masters August 18, 2020Car Problems, Life is Strange, Running and Drinking

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

By wright masters August 17, 2020Life is Strange, Military Duty

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

By wright masters August 16, 2020Military Training

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…

Chains Smoking a Winston – An Ode to Military Humor

By wright masters August 14, 2020Blowing Off Steam, Running and Drinking

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

By wright masters August 13, 2020Military Duty, Road Trip

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

By wright masters August 12, 2020Off Duty Adventures, Road Trip

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

By wright masters August 11, 2020Military Training

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…