Don't play with things that go boom!: Recent Episodes
Clint Morey
There was no room for us at Fort Ord, California, so they loaded us on busses and sent us across the country to a place called Fort Polk, Louisiana.
It was there they would try to turn a bunch of civilians into members of the world's most powerful military.
The Army had quite a job in front them.
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I thought I had a good idea of what my first day in the Army would be like.
After all, I'd seen a lot of movies and read a lot of books.
I was prepared.
I thought.
How to make important decisions.
Some decisions are life changing and require a lot of thought.
Or ... at least they should require a lot of thought.
There was this war going on and the country realized they needed soldiers ... lots and lots of soldiers.
The politicians looked around and there we were -- the Baby Boomers.
We were the perfect solution to their problem.
About a half century ago, there was a war on the other side of the planet. My country needed men to fight that war, so the politicians looked around and there we were -- the Baby Boomers.
Some volunteered but most were drafted.
Even though fighting in a war had not been big on our list of things to do in life, a lot of us got to experience it.
And there were lessons to be learned. Lots and lots of lessons.
That's what this podcast is about ... the lessons I learned about a half century ago while serving in the United States Army.