My first Christmas season at Fort Benning, Georgia wasn’t how I imagined how my first Christmas away from home would play out. Another Christmas season had arrived at Fort Benning,…
It was the Christmas season at Fort Benning, Georgia. Coincidentally, it was my first Christmas in the Army and my first Christmas spent away from home. The reason I wasn’t…
When you’re a lower ranking enlisted soldier in the Army, one thing you can always count on is extra duty. That extra duty might be guard duty, barracks fire guard,…
While I was stationed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, my youngest brother, Dave got married. His wedding was scheduled for the weekend after the Fourth of July in my hometown in…
While I attended the Precision Measurement Equipment course (calibration technician course) in Denver, Colorado, I went to school from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM five days a week. Needless to…
I purchased a new Pontiac T1000 for my wife in Tacoma, Washington. At the time I purchased it, we were very excited and couldn’t wait to drive it off of…
Have you ever been in a situation where something or someone or a combination of events from your past comes back to haunt you? Let’s say this theoretical situation occurred…