Honor On the Line – The Seventh Flimsy, 1971
1971 … a period of extreme turbulence in the Army and American society. I had just returned home from Vietnam. Reunited with my wife Sally and 8-month-old son, Paul, I quickly packed them up and flew to my next unit in West Germany. Assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, we arrived in April…
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Tales from Nick’s FARRP – #14 Crazy Stories – 1972
The “Tales from Nick’s FARRP” series are a fictionalized version of real events and are dedicated to the memory of friends and classmates from the Class of 1969. “So, Tony, were there any funny or crazy things you remember from Vietnam?” * * * * * * I was talking to my beer-drinking customer…
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Field Force Chuckles – 2021
Each state has a “West Point Field Force” of volunteer grads and parents who help young candidates assess whether West Point is a fit for them and assist the Congressional staffs and West Point to assess each candidate’s likely degree of success at West Point and in the Army. In Washington State, our G2 classmate…
R-Day – 1978
Each summer at West Point, new cadets arrive on Reception Day (R-Day) starting their West Point experience. Perhaps a month or so before, a call goes out to the wider West Point community (spouses of faculty and staff, older teens – I was the wife of a professor in the Math Department) saying that they…
Honor: When Honor is Absent – 2006
The call from Governor Jeb Bush’s Chief of Staff came at 9 o’clock at night. “Can you take over the Florida Correction’s Department at 6 am in the morning?” “What?” I said. “Let me think about that.” “No time. Give me an answer. The Governor wants to know. Yes or no.”…
Adventure With Clickaroo – 2014
To commemorate the 200th story published by thedaysforward.com, we present the story of how it all began. It was in December 2013 that the idea of thedaysforward was born on Skidaway Island, GA at the home of Eric and Sally Robyn. I was visiting my son Christopher who was stationed at Ft. Stewart only a…