Lone Star Parson

  Vespers is over and Mexican music fills the air as Eduardo, a good man, tends to several breeds of chickens, roosters and exotic ducks. Je...

  He's happy, I'm happy, the Army's happy because a Specialist's done well and passed a Soldier of The Month board, which op...

You may be surprised at this or you may not, but my eldest seemed way happier in uniform than  he was pretending to be a civilian for the la...

  It was Tuesday when I got the call, "Hey, dad, I've missed my flight." I paused, "Excuse me?" It was true, the Spe...

  So what's going in the world of the PFC? The big news is that he's no longer a lowly PFC but a Specialist. Well done Kid, you rank...

Joining the US Army's quite a process. It took my eldest son, the Recruit, four months and I have to hand it to the recruiters, the...

The kid got back from MEPS and passed. Well done. He swears in next week and should ship out mid-June. I tell you, it's a big relie...