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Description: I saw a guy coming from the docs a quarter mile away while I was on my walk. Want to guess what he asked me?

Description: Listening to the radio in Guantanamo was like playing Name That Tune... because Castro thought Rock and Roll is a capitalist plot!

Description: Not as far-fetched as you might think, considering the odd bag of entertainers we got.

Description: While I was in Guantanamo one Filipino gentleman in particular was NOT helping with Army recruiting...

Description: I always wondered if you could get away with throwing a brick through a fortune teller's window... after all, couldn't they call the police in advance?

Description: During Operation Iraqi Freedom we always had hot water. Nothing like a hot shower when the outside temp is 100 degrees plus!

Description: When serving in South Korea, soldiers really need to keep their situational awareness....

Description: During the height of Covid one man came along... a man who had to pick up groceries.

Description: Sometimes when you are slated to give the weekend safety brief the cards are stacked against you.

Description: Outside most large Army posts there is someplace like Commando Chuck's, where you can buy all kinds of things you didn't even know you'll need in Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine...

Description: Once serious attacks became uncommon inside the wire, the U.S. Army soldier would get he comforts of home: fast-food, convenience shopping and 24-hour banking.

Description: During Operation Iraqi Freedom we got to go pretty much anywhere we wanted for leave. It as a serious break from the craziness in Iraq.

Description: During Desert Storm Saddam's scuds turned out to be harder to pin down than we thought they would be... even if accuracy was a problem!

Description: Nothing wakes you up in the middle of the night like the Walk of the Mortars.

Description: Actually, mine was a fortune cookie but you get the idea.

Description: A lot of experimental robotics in OIF. Some of the robots were smarter than others.

Description: Officers are the best. They put a lot of thought into things. Sometimes they put TOO MUCH thought into things!

Description: Thank God for the Post Exchange! Where else could you get the little luxuries of life?

Description: Army leadership is known for Army leadership!

Description: Sergeants-Major are responsible for enforcing Army-wide, command and local standards. It doesn't always mean they know what they're talking about.

Description: When you just need to move things around the FOB you use a Gator. When you mean business you need a TERMIGATOR.

Description: Just when you thought the insurgents couldn't come up with any new ways to off themselves....

Description: After a hard day of dashing between the Green Zone and Camp Victory there's nothing like stopping by the souk for a commemorative t-shirt!

Description: What kind of Intelligence Bureau did we have during the Indian Wars, anyway?

Description: Pyeongtaek at rush hour is no place to be if you're on temporary duty in the Republic of Korea! MASH was never like this!!!

Description: The Army of the Frontier had bugle calls for everything... even going to the stockade!

Description: Meals Ready to Eat have been an important part of the U.S. Army's meal plan since the 1980s.... although some of the recipes go back further.

Description: You just never know when you will want a candy bar outside the wire. Or peanuts. Or soda. Or a novelization of a superhero movie...

Description: This explains both his love of ordnance and where he got his nickname.

Description: Nothing like a night of fireworks in Baghdad until you realize all those rounds have to come down SOMEWHERE. And you are "somewhere."

Description: It might have been Camp Friendship but I wouldn't show up unexpectedly if I were you!

Description: I got this idea when I was traveling to the Green Zone.