Posts Tagged ‘ Army ’

As I write, I am 30,000 ft over head and on my way, once again, to Augusta, GA. Those of you following here or from my Facebook/Twitter accounts, know that the South, Augusta specifically (I try not to generalize), and I don’t agree. For starters, it’s hot. Not a game ender, but annoying nonetheless....
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If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times; the Army has its benefits! Got an Army A+ qualification today and based on my score (not worried) going to get my Army Network+ qualification on Monday. All this in the first week. It is so nice to be able to do my...
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It is early and once again I am en route to a military school. That makes three so far this fiscal year and there are several more in the pipeline. This school will be slightly different. Not only do I have to travel a little further than Arkansas, but I’ll be away from my...
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As I sit here eating my continental breakfast (waffles and bisquits and gravy), I can’t help but think about how “new” this pending deployment is going to be. Not only will this be my first deployment, but I will be going over as a recently MOSQ’d commo guy with a section of mostly new...
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Well, I made it to Ft. Leonard Wood. I. HATE. THIS. PLACE. I should really say, I hate my memories of the place. I attended BCT (basic combat training), otherwise known as “basic,” here. It’s been said, “basic is the best time you never want to do again.” I don’t know who said that,...
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One obvious benefit to being in the military is getting to blow things up. As a child, I played Army. I pretended to shoot my friends, they pretended to shoot me and on occasion we broke out the big guns – imaginary rocket launchers, grenade laughers and other various weapons of “medium” destruction. So,...
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