Gunny's Corner: How to target a G.I. Fairy - Circus act part II
My cigar had burned down to the hilt. The only drags of smoke left were nothing more than wrapper and compressed tobacco. This didn’t...
Gunny's Corner: How to put out Helmet Fires - Circus Act Part I
Most life lessons come with a story. It’s how we remember them. Either we were a part of something extraordinary, or privileged enough to...
Gunny's Corner: Delete "insurmountable"
This is not an admission of guilt. None of the events in this article are reflective of anything that actually might have transpired in...
Gunny's Corner: Staring into the sun
My promotion to Gunnery Sergeant didn’t come with a lot of flash, glitter and paparazzi, nor was any expected. We were still at war....
Gunny's Corner: A Marine's holiday, avoiding explosions and empty resolutions
The ground shuddered from the explosion, shifting my balance off my legs and down to a knee. Dust was still visible in the night air,...
Gunny's Corner: Ripples in the water
One of my earliest memories is of tossing rocks into a small river at my grandmother’s house near Salem, Alabama. This was in the early...
