Hello, my name is Jack. I’ve never been one for liking plans. I tend to act by the seat of my pants. No need to trust a plan that will die the moment the enemy comes into the equation after[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for 2325 – A Family Affair – First Draft
Hello, my name is Jack. When the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 left Earth, there were ten of us Cowboys. Twenty years later, ten Cowboys came back to Earth. We’d lost some along the way, and some new ones came[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. I remember the first day I met Ken. He was in uniform of course, just like me, buzz cut hair and all of that. The proper American military look. But the background on his pad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. As a kid I spent the summers wearing swimming trunks. No shoes, no shirt, no problem as the old saying goes. And during winter, I wore enough furs to make an Eskimo jealous. They don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. I’ve always taken things day-to-day, minute-to-minute. No plan survives contact with an angry father, so why bother making one? I prefer to wait for someone else to commit to an action, and then do what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. The Marines have this thing about every Marine being a rifleman. Even pilots like me. They also have a thing about training every Marine in martial arts, to control our minds, our characters, and our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. Some flames test us. Some flames break us. Some temper us. Some melt us. We are all a result of the flames that I have burned through our lives, and the way we met them. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. Going home can be amazing. It can be scary. It can be sad. There are so many emotions, all dependent on how you left. For the prodigal son, you can be afraid, praying your parents[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. It was a long War. A lot of us didn’t make it out. Many of us that did…well…for a lot of us we really didn’t. Make it out entirely. War’s not pretty, and it’s not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…