Skeeters and Heat – An Ode to Military Humor
After my graduation and commissioning ceremony had finished at Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia, in April 1983, I said my final goodbyes to some of my friends…
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…
Saved by the Donuts – An Ode to Military Humor
I loved the Fiat spider 2000 that I acquired and drove while I lived in Tacoma, Washington when I was stationed at Fort Lewis. For the duration of time that…
Firewood Cutting Squirt – An Ode to Military Humor
While I was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, we burned a lot of wood in our wood-burning stove at home for heat. As a result, I needed to make at…
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…
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…