One of the things I frequently miss about being active duty military is the timing. The consistency of the Hard and Soft timelines, the right place, right time, right uniform mindset. Even the “Hurry up and wait” became a predictable part of everyday life. These absolute whens and wheres give us daily and easy successes that keep us focused, calm and accountable. In response to these timelines, one develops rules…
The deployment finally happened, the exercise finally started, the school finally started or as in this case, after what seemed like months we finally got to begin planting outside. First placed plants in the raised beds, then our potatoes in the nightshade plot and lastly two varieties of corn in hills for our three sisters experiment. We also transferred peppers and tomatoes from our general trays to individual pots for…
As a child I remember loving to camp regardless of the cold or heat or wet. I mean I remembered the weather, I remember complaining to my Dad or Scoutmaster about it and then running around in it until it got dark or we were forced to get in the car and go home. I also remember the day the Army took all the fun out of sleeping outside. I…
For those that don’t know I served in the US Army as an All-Source Intelligence Analyst which is a fancy way of saying I have been the S2/ Intelligence Section for all of my military career. I have spent dozens of field exercises sitting in a tent waiting for the S6 (Communication and Electronics), S4 (Supply) or the motor pool so I can do my job. I even spent 2…
