It was Saturday morning in Seoul South Korea, and I was standing on a busy street corner just outside of Gate 3 for Main Post of Yongsan. I was walking…
One day the platoon sergeant, SFC Jones, called my name in formation and asked me to stick around after formation. A couple of my buddies elbowed me and said, “Okay,…
It was a hot, sunny day at Fort Benning, and that generally always meant that it was also extremely humid. I was performing my semi-regular duty as the driver for…
Once again, I was driving for the Central Confinement Facility (CCF) at Fort Benning. I didn’t get back until around about 2200 hours that night. As I pulled into the…
In the following story, racial barriers are mentioned because they are relevant to the story. These differences are not about skin color but about an awkward situation being resolved humorously. …
I previously shared with you a story about driving for the Fort Benning Post Confinement Facility. Well, it turns out that when it rains it pours. And you really have…
Perhaps one of the greatest inventions of the modern era is the microwave oven. When they hit the scene in 1967, I seriously don’t remember ever actually seeing one. It…
Summer at Fort Benning could get quite hot and humid to the point where it would be almost unbearable. Out in the Harmony Church area of Fort Benning where my…
One morning at 3:30 or 4:00 AM, I was rudely awakened from a drunken stupor induced sleep by a gawd-awful racket at my barracks door. My roommate answered the door,…