Nights in Green Wool – An Ode to Military Humor
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
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…
The Preacher and the Poll Climber Not – An Ode to Military Humor
When I was going through basic training, they didn’t have these little timeout cards or stress cards in the Army that soldiers have now. But we did have a mechanism…
Car with the Magic Radio – An Ode to Military Humor
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
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
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…
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…
Chains Smoking a Winston – An Ode to Military Humor
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
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
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…