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...
Gunny's Corner: Lift your leg and wave
The steam coming from the top of my scalp had nothing to do with the temperature outside. The blistering sun could have burned a hole in...
Gunny's Corner: The cat, the mouse and the orangutan
The day fell somewhere in the middle of the week. Not that time mattered, considering how “Perpetual Monday” was the theme. Our routines...
Gunny's Corner: Best Dogs in a Fight
In the summer of 2004, I deployed to Camp Fallujah, Iraq as a newly promoted Marine staff sergeant. The environment was active,...
