More Than Just A Horse
More Than Just A Horse While wives of Marines might argue that they are all a bunch of jack a—s, I know of one that definitely was not. No, no, Reckless was a horse, but…
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Military Rules
Military Rules During my time in the Marine Corps one of our favorite pastimes was making fun of other branches of the military. I quickly learned that other branches had the same idea of fun. …
A Sip Before Dying
A Sip Before Dying I’d been having a great workout, bench-pressing 200-plus pounds over and over again before racking the weights. Breathing deeply I stepped out of my room and down the walk to the…
Some folks say, he’s up there still…
Some folks say, he’s up there still… As a kid I had a habit of checking out the magazine and book section of Magic Mart, which is where I most likely bought a book called,…
Now THAT’S a Knife!
Now THAT’S a Knife! Most of you have probably seen the movie, Crocodile Dundee, which first hit movie screens in 1986. Paul Hogan starred as Mick “Crocodile” Dundee, an Australian bush dweller. After surviving a…
Little Big Man
Little Big Man His life started out tough, then got tougher, then even tougher, then still tough but successful, then tough again, but then ended really bad. In the photos I’ve seen of him, Leon…
Mad Albert
Mad Albert The past couple weeks have been pretty cold in Southeast Missouri, as they have over much of the country. Around our house, we probably got a total of just less than a foot…
The Greatest Hero You’ve Never Heard Of
The Greatest Hero You’ve Never Heard Of Many of us, even those who lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis, don’t know how serious those times were, and certainly don’t know how close the United States…
In the Desert
In the Desert While I was going through some of Mom’s stuff, I ran across some of my own writings that I thought might have been lost with the crashing of a computer hard drive. …
The Jarhead and the Cowboy
The Jarhead and the Cowboy It has occurred to me that there are similarities between the typical Marine and the cowboys of the old west. The stoicism in the face of adversity; the ability to…