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Patrick W. O'Bryon
Writer. Traveler. Europhile, especially Italy and France. Hobbies: rescuing animals from abuse, abandonment and mistreatment, and being sous chef around the kitchen to my chef de cuisine wife.
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MY CAREER IN THE MILITARY: PART FOUR: Patience as its Own Reward
(For those of you who haven’t been following stories of my short-term military career in the 70’s, you may want to read the earlier postings to bring you up-to-date before tackling this one.) Now I’m sitting pretty with orders to … Continue reading
Posted in European Travel, Memoir, Travel Memoir
Tagged Army, army life, Army training, Fire Direction Control, Fort Sill, Germany, Iron Curtain, military draft, military training
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My Career in the Military: Part One: You’re in the Army Now
Okay, so here’s a secret…not everyone is cut out to be a soldier. Or, for that matter, a sailor, marine, or…well, you get the picture. That’s why we have an all-volunteer military. But that wasn’t always the case, and when I … Continue reading
