If you wrote a book about your time in the military, what would you title your book?

CPL Dave Hoover — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:05:25 -0400

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Nov 3 at 2018 11:06 AM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:06:26 -0400

Life in the Guard.

Response by SGT Mark Rhodes made Nov 3 at 2018 11:06 AM

SGT Mark Rhodes — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:06:41 -0400

Hurry up and wait.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2018 11:06 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:06:45 -0400

Cold Warrior!

Response by MSgt Stephen Council made Nov 3 at 2018 11:18 AM

MSgt Stephen Council — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:18:11 -0400

How much to completely f@*k up your first six years and succeed inspite of yourself!

Response by PVT Mark Zehner made Nov 3 at 2018 11:19 AM

PVT Mark Zehner — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:19:16 -0400

Alaska the land without women!

Response by Cpl Mark A. Morris made Nov 3 at 2018 11:25 AM

Cpl Mark A. Morris — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:25:44 -0400

Uncle Sam's Misguided Child
By Mark A. Morris BS, RDMS (AB-OB), RVT. Honorable Discharged USMC 1995

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Nov 3 at 2018 11:26 AM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:26:00 -0400

From Combat Arms to REMF

Response by SPC Margaret Higgins made Nov 3 at 2018 11:27 AM

SPC Margaret Higgins — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:27:32 -0400

"THE BEST TIME OF MY LIFE!" CPL Dave Hoover

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2018 11:46 AM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:46:16 -0400

If Barracks Walls Could Talk

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2018 11:52 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:52:19 -0400

No matter what they tell you, there is always wind on the DZ.

Response by SGT Dave Tracy made Nov 3 at 2018 11:52 AM

SGT Dave Tracy — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 11:52:36 -0400

Hmm, perhaps one of these:
Blink and you'll miss it

Hold my beer and watch this

Bigger toys for bigger boys

Perspectives on life from the front leaning rest position

I ate it too fast to tell you what it was

Damn it Carl!

How to win playing fuck-fuck games...or die trying

Digi-cam warriors

I survived my drill sergeant

Sleep is for the weak

The "peanut butter shot" ain't squat, quit yet bitchin'

How to hold a conversation using acronyms

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2018 12:09 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:09:15 -0400

"High End Mediocre" how we accidentally get shit done

Response by CPT Zachary Brooks made Nov 3 at 2018 12:26 PM

CPT Zachary Brooks — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:26:24 -0400

Buses: Backing over you or running you down

Response by SGT Bill Spiker made Nov 3 at 2018 12:27 PM

SGT Bill Spiker — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:27:00 -0400

How much money i wasted on booze!

Response by CW4 Guy Butler made Nov 3 at 2018 12:42 PM

CW4 Guy Butler — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:42:14 -0400

Murphy was an Optimist: Logistics in OIF 1.

Response by SSG Byron Howard Sr made Nov 3 at 2018 12:42 PM

SSG Byron Howard Sr — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:42:39 -0400

Remf NOT.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Nov 3 at 2018 12:47 PM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:47:44 -0400

"I Was the Forrest Gump of Military Intelligence"

Response by TSgt Joe C. made Nov 3 at 2018 1:11 PM

TSgt Joe C. — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 13:11:15 -0400

Stationed at both borders! Seriously, stationed at Grand Forks, ND and San Antonio, TX. Both within a 1.5-2 hr drive to Canada or Mexico. Not once but twice. New Mexico and now Malmstrom AFB in Montana.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Nov 3 at 2018 1:52 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 13:52:45 -0400

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Front. My devious mind has all sorts of parallels based on The Forum version.

Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2018 2:21 PM

CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:21:14 -0400

If it Works...Fix it.

Response by SGT Philip Roncari made Nov 3 at 2018 2:27 PM

SGT Philip Roncari — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:27:32 -0400

I’d have to plagiarize from Charles Dickens” A Tale Of Two Cities”” It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”.

Response by COL Mikel J. Burroughs made Nov 3 at 2018 3:14 PM

COL Mikel J. Burroughs — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:14:41 -0400

I've got to think about that CPL Dave Hoover - Remind me to come back and answer again. Thanks, Mikel

Response by TSgt David L. made Nov 3 at 2018 5:02 PM

TSgt David L. — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:02:55 -0400

The Long Walk.

Response by CPL Mark Andersen made Nov 3 at 2018 5:04 PM

CPL Mark Andersen — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:04:52 -0400

How to Sham, and other ways to get out of work and still get promoted.

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2018 5:09 PM

COL Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:09:09 -0400

The Times We Shared or The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2018 5:34 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:34:19 -0400

In charge of Freedom or Where is my Babysitter? - A Soldiers tale.

Response by SMSgt Thor Merich made Nov 3 at 2018 10:28 PM

SMSgt Thor Merich — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 22:28:35 -0400

Green to Blue

Response by SN Greg Wright made Nov 3 at 2018 11:23 PM

SN Greg Wright — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 23:23:55 -0400

They really mean it when they tell you to report your foreign national girlfriend.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2018 2:39 AM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 02:39:16 -0500

NoBody Cares! My life as an NBC Soldier

Response by PO1 Brian Austin made Nov 4 at 2018 3:10 AM

PO1 Brian Austin — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 03:10:58 -0500

"Every Day a Holiday, Every Night a Party - Tales of a Junior Sailor in Panama and The Philippines"
"I Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny - My Life as a Navy Spook"

Response by SP5 Mark Kuzinski made Nov 4 at 2018 9:19 AM

SP5 Mark Kuzinski — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:19:52 -0500

"Unbelievable" Notes about my three years in the US Army.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 4 at 2018 4:37 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:37:39 -0500

"BOOTS"

Response by SFC Christopher Taggart made Nov 4 at 2018 5:55 PM

SFC Christopher Taggart — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:55:42 -0500

"I Would Do It Again..."

Response by SGM Gregory Tarancon IV made Nov 5 at 2018 6:50 AM

SGM Gregory Tarancon IV — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 06:50:18 -0500

What brotherhood really means?

Response by SPC Anna Larson made Nov 5 at 2018 10:18 AM

SPC Anna Larson — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 10:18:22 -0500

"The Dogs and Horses of Ft. Huachucha"

Response by LTC Wayne Dandridge made Nov 5 at 2018 11:05 AM

LTC Wayne Dandridge — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:05:39 -0500

The title would be "The Definition of Infantry in Vietnam" (we helicopter pilots customers and brothers). Here below is the definition written that is at the end of Chapter 11 of the award wining, all five-star reviewed, military history, and action book, BLADES OF THUNDER (Book One).

INFANTRY IN VIETNAM
Enlisting, training, and learning; deploying, landing, and assigning; training, recon-ing, and patrolling; sweating, hoping, wishing, and praying; planning, coordinating, following, and leading; running, and waiting, flying, fearing, missing, and taking and retaking; anticipating; shaking, locking, and loading; jumping, assaulting, shooting, taking, and retaking; crawling, sweating, listening, scratching, sneaking, taking and retaking; searching, attacking, bayoneting, taking, and retaking; resting, recuperating, firing, throwing, suffocating, slogging, mortaring, cursing, and swimming; fainting, fumbling, cutting, and sliding; climbing, observing, carrying, shelling, and loving; crying, infiltrating, slogging, ambushing, searching, and destroying; yearning, coughing, craving, taking, and retaking; complaining, begging, blasting, smoking, resupplying, and fighting; falling, swearing, drinking, directing, and blasting; digging, building, grieving, praying, yelling, taking, and retaking; inserting, bleeding, reckoning, blessing, toke-ing, and extracting; thanking, humping, wailing, winning, losing, taking, and retaking; vomiting, securing, slapping, pulling, observing, releasing, tapping, and shooting; dragging, lacking, lobbing, loathing, hating, and vietnamizing; farting, foaming, frothing, fortifying, fumbling, taking and retaking; evacuating, extracting, excruciating, advancing, and retreating, wadding, wobbling, wanting, washing, and never drying; voiding, vomiting, mourning, exhilarating, and suppressing; surprising, confusing, drenching, taking, and retaking; digging, dogging, remembering, and forgetting; breathing, blowing, surviving, taking, and retaking; chilling, falling, peeing, day dreaming, bingeing, breaking, taking, and retaking; worrying, wounding, hurting, and dying; bloating, bagging, and draping; saluting, honoring, folding, and presenting; and burying, suffering, mourning, and grieving!

Best regards, W. Larry Dandridge, Ex-Infantry and Retired Army Aviation LTC and Editor and Author with TVV Publishing LLC, Email: [login to see] and phone [login to see]

Response by SGT Jim Ramge, MBA made Nov 5 at 2018 2:24 PM

SGT Jim Ramge, MBA — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:24:19 -0500

Some signed-on for 3-6 yrs, others for life - then there were those that forgot to read the fine print!

Response by SFC Dennis A. made Nov 5 at 2018 3:26 PM

SFC Dennis A. — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:26:21 -0500

You wouldn't believe me even if I told you.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 5 at 2018 3:43 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:43:49 -0500

"I've Seen It All, Nothing Can Surpri--- WHAT!?! You Got To Be Kidding Me: The Story of the Man Who Keeps Being Surprised by Stupid Stuff."

Response by SrA John Monette made Nov 6 at 2018 9:50 PM

SrA John Monette — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 21:50:03 -0500

holy crap, I survived

Response by SSG Pamela D Jones made Nov 6 at 2018 11:41 PM

SSG Pamela D Jones — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 23:41:47 -0500

It's Not Easy Being Green is the title I would use

Response by PO1 Kevin Arnold made Nov 7 at 2018 10:47 AM

PO1 Kevin Arnold — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 10:47:00 -0500

The Wounder Years. I know it was a tv show but also the main character had the same name as me Kevin Arnold. He was played by Fred Savage.

Response by SSG Byron Howard Sr made Nov 7 at 2018 11:22 AM

SSG Byron Howard Sr — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:22:35 -0500

If you are going to pretend we are are not here. Then we are going to pretend we are.

Response by SSG Byron Howard Sr made Nov 7 at 2018 11:36 AM

SSG Byron Howard Sr — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:36:21 -0500

A fellow photographer has a book of photos from the military titled. How'd you get that job. If I had a quarter for every time I heard that all you guys would work for me.

Response by MSgt Richard Randall made Nov 7 at 2018 12:35 PM

MSgt Richard Randall — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 12:35:02 -0500

"Below Grade"

It means you're underground working on stuff that goes boom...

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 10 at 2018 11:54 AM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 11:54:33 -0500

"Could've Done It Better"

Response by SGT Leroy Brown made Nov 11 at 2018 7:28 PM

SGT Leroy Brown — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:28:06 -0500

How a flower blossomed from sh*t.

Response by SN Jay Perry made Nov 11 at 2018 7:55 PM

SN Jay Perry — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:55:51 -0500

Practical lessons learned from some of the best leaders I've ever met in some of the worst leaders I've ever met!

Response by PO1 Wesley Jolly made Nov 18 at 2018 10:42 PM

PO1 Wesley Jolly — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:42:19 -0500

What A Long Strange Trip Its Been
One man's quest to get their hearts and minds to follow without having them by the balls

Response by CAPT James McClure made Nov 24 at 2018 5:01 PM

CAPT James McClure — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 17:01:57 -0500

Rejected by ROTC

Response by Maj Dale Smith made Nov 24 at 2018 7:11 PM

Maj Dale Smith — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 19:11:42 -0500

The Art of Warfare, Having Fun, and Never Getting Caught.

Response by MSG Ed Luhrman made Nov 24 at 2018 7:32 PM

MSG Ed Luhrman — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 19:32:58 -0500

WTF did I just Do?!

Response by MSG Ed Luhrman made Nov 24 at 2018 9:08 PM

MSG Ed Luhrman — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 21:08:14 -0500

Go right ahead if you need some additional ohshit what did I just do let me know

Response by MCPO Rick Hoffmann made Nov 30 at 2018 5:57 PM

MCPO Rick Hoffmann — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:57:49 -0500

SNAFU or How we the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”

Response by SPC William Anderson made Dec 11 at 2018 12:26 AM

SPC William Anderson — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:26:22 -0500

Always be ready

Response by SSgt Vincent Sarno made Feb 27 at 2020 1:23 PM

SSgt Vincent Sarno — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:23:56 -0500

There and back again, and again, and again, and again......

Response by SFC Casey O'Mally made Oct 13 at 2020 11:22 AM

SFC Casey O'Mally — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:22:10 -0400

I Wasn't Trained For This

Are you a Radar or a Klinger? True stories of the Orderly Room

If You Don't Know How the Sausage is Made, You're Probably the Pig.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 13 at 2020 1:46 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:46:59 -0400

Andy. How a ground squirrel saved my life.

Response by SMSgt Henry Kiester made Apr 7 at 2021 5:07 PM

SMSgt Henry Kiester — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:07:33 -0400

I hurried up...and waited...my story.