Eric Archive

Monday, June 7th, 2010

The Good Life

  Eric’s time in the field came complete with first class accommodations & stimulating conversation between intellectual equals. In fact, upon arrival at the flightline the Air Force Sargeant that accompanied them looked around & asked… …in all seriousness… “Where’s the shuttle bus?” He’s obviously never hung out with the Army before. Otherwise he’d be [...]

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

No Joy Ride

A couple of days ago I told you about Eric’s Alert Drill to head out to the field. Alert Drill: A telephone-tree phone system get everyone on the same page & on the same airfield, in this instance, on time & with 150 lbs of gear in tow. The Field: Army slang for “let’s go [...]

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

The Fudge Factor

[really wish this picture had turned out better - Maggie's stoned out of her mind from the scraps Eric fed her over the weekend] A while back I told you about Alert Drills. That lovely telephone-tree phone process where someone calls you & you in turn call someone else – all in the hopes that [...]