Don't play with things that go boom‪!‬ Clint Morey

There was no room for us at Fort Ord, California, so they loaded us on busses and sent us across the country to a place called Fort Polk, Louisiana.

It was there they would try to turn a bunch of civilians into members of the world's most powerful military. 

The Army had quite a job in front them.

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I thought I had a good idea of what my first day in the Army would be like.

After all, I'd seen a lot of movies and read a lot of books. 

I was prepared.

I thought.

How to make important decisions.

Some decisions are life changing and require a lot of thought.

Or ... at least they should require a lot of thought.

There was this war going on and the country realized they needed soldiers ...  lots and lots of soldiers.

The politicians looked around and there we were -- the Baby Boomers.

We were the perfect solution to their problem.

About a half century ago, there was a war on the other side of the planet. My country needed men to fight that war, so the politicians looked around and there we were -- the Baby Boomers.

Some volunteered but most were drafted.

Even though fighting in a war had not been big on our list of things to do in life, a lot of us got to experience it.

And there were lessons to be learned. Lots and lots of lessons.

That's what this podcast is about ... the lessons I learned about a half century ago while serving in the United States Army.