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Dumbass Chronicles: Hanging out with Hollywood
By Jack Mandaville I’ve been around a lot of famous people for whatever reason—A-listers at the pinnacle of their careers. But to be honest with, I’ve only been star struck three...
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The Dumbass Chronicles: Grin and Bear it!
By Leonard Benton When stationed in Alaska I learned a very valuable set of lessons when dealing with bears. Rule 1: Always travel in pairs. You cannot outrun the bear...
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The Dumbass Chronicles: Stuck
By SGT Awesome The year was twenty ought nine. I was an E-5 (not yet Sgt Awesome) and my National Guard Air Defense unit was preparing to deploy to Afghanistan....
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The Dumbass Chronicles – Sea Sick
By Scuba Steve When you’re a bullet proof E-2, there is nothing that you can’t do. Leadership needs to live up to you, not the other way around, right? In...
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The Dumbass Chronicles – The Trip Flare Incident
In a Ranger Up world, the instructions on a magnesium trip flare would say, "Do not light in front of friends for the purpose of entertainment," which wouldn't matter anyway since...
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The Dumbass Chronicles – The Most Dangerous Range Ever
A butterbar Lieutenant in charge of a multi-weapon, combined range in Korea was told, "don't bring back any ammo." This is how those "what NOT to do with live ammo" videos...
