Pitiful Christmas – An Ode to Military Humor
My wife and my daughter and I had left Korea and traveled back to the United States. We were now stationed at Fort Ord, California, in Seaside, California. The Army…
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. …
Buffalo Snowball Fight – An Ode to Military Humor
The 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion (Buffalo) deployed from Fort Ord, California to Camp Roberts, California on Sunday, October 5, 1980. We remained deployed At Camp Roberts until November 2, 1980. We…
Buffalo Bullshit – An Ode to Military Humor
I reported to Fort Ord, California for a duty assignment in the 7th Infantry Division while I was awaiting reassignment to calibration school. I was further assigned to the 2nd/17th…
Calibration Rewind – 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…