Tag: basic training
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The Z Monster
In my part of the USA a colloquial term for sleeping is getting some Zees (ZZZ). In Basic Training we didn’t have the opportunity to sleep well if at all. Sleep was just another enemy to be conquered. We battled the Z monster. If the monster won and we fell asleep when we shouldn’t, there…
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The Nostalgic Stuff
First of all I have a couple of boxes where I keep stuff I’ve been collecting since I was a kid. My fifth grade report card has all As except for a C in gym. My Cub scout badges are in that box. The other one have magazines and comic books that mean a lot…