When the Smoke Clears

Yo. This is T1G, with an RSM update…
Our hero wrote me a short note during a class, risking a 5,000 word essay, and, quite possibly, a serious thrashing. Seems the boy concussed his head on the day of the writing. Could explain his lapse in judgment, or he possibly thought it worth the risk. I’m [...]

~I received the following note from RSM today.
Could you please post this?  And no care packages, as I am limited in what I am allowed.  Stationary, black pens, stamps, and religious items.  I might have more freedom soon.  Today was gas chamber day.  Yes, it sucked badly.
Please forgive my translation, as I am having a [...]

I am not really sure what RSM, had in mind when he asked me to post in his absence. I suppose something universal might be in order…
And it is summer…
It seems as though every summer I catch myself wondering what happened to my first boyfriend.
I was 15, sporting a Mohawk, and detasseling that summer.
To [...]

Hi, sweet eyes. And sorry, it’s me again. I am missing my RSM, badly.
Talk about a good guy, beyond the obvious, he has kept me in fresh camo pron for years. Which may sound vile to you married types and possibly just wrong to you military types, but it’s hard for a professional [...]

This is how I made one million shims in the stock market. It’s simple. At the present time, any slimy investor with a little extra capital should be able to double his shims in a few months.
All the experts agree that we are nearing the end of the three toed sloth market. [...]

Happy Birthday to the incredibly beautiful and talented ArmyWifeToddlerMom!
It would so be overkill for someone like little ole me to tell you about someone as wonderful as she…but I will try. AWTM, all the peoples that I’ve met in this big, bad blodgeworld that mean anything at all to me, all think the world [...]

I have been thinking a lot about RSMs trip to “Army Basic Training Spa”. Wondering what it is like now. Can they have books? Do they get a day off?
I honestly have not known anyone that has gone through basic, for a while now. A couple of cousins, but I never [...]

I am surprised RSM allows my potty mouthed, poor spelling self over here in “the cabin”.    He is crazier than I thought honestly.
Keys.  A set of keys for months at a time!  Now that is trust.  SO now I can poke around in this cabin, and try and find a can of chef boyarde, or [...]

Last post from me. I’m leaving in a few minutes. Independence Day will be spent in-processing. Life is about to change dramatically. Basic training awaits… then whatever may happen beyond that. There will be challenges, demons to face, and a chance to return, but I do not know to what I will come back, [...]

“Specialist!”
“Yessir!” I turned around. It was the colonel. I had stopped by to drop off a computer for one of my first sergeant buddies. I think his wife had spilled coffee on it so I was doing my best to recover and clean the keyboard.
“Where the hell you think you’re going?” The colonel [...]