From my son-in-law at Army boot camp – Fort Beannie (Thanks MC!):
What I’ve Learned as an Infantryman, a/k/a: Grunt-in-Training:
1. How to eat a three-course meal in under three minutes;
2. How to wake up already in the position of attention;
3. Regardless of time of day, where you’re at, how quiet or noisy, hot or cold, whether [...]
We all know what the doctors say. But now listen to our soldiers-in-training. My son-in-law at ARMY boot camp has been put under a new “smoking” policy. According to the drill sergeant, whoever receives more than five letters in one day gets SMOKED. My boy has explained what he means by his “smoking” sessions:
Unlucky as [...]
OK – I know what you’re thinking. There’s not much that an Army Drill Sergeant and a Mail Clerk have in common. Or so normal people would think. However…..
The Bermuda Triangle of the Army World
My daughter had cried and cried. Her husband sent her yet another letter from Army boot camp asking why she hadn’t [...]
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Do you ever feel as if you’re straddling a frail, thin line? Or maybe standing on one side, peering over to the other, trying not to lose your delicate balance and topple over?
Sometimes it feels as if life is divided by this tenuous line. Happiness on one side and sadness on the other. Standing [...]
