But he didn’t seem at all scared. Same as you.” Meaning we’d both been trained to answer phones and follow checklists in a command post—the nucleus of a military base. I’d go to the base bar where they served near-beer and play cards with all the others who had nothing better to do.When I got back from Saudi, nothing had changed.
As there’s only one command post on each base, the rest of the command post techs get assigned to command units like CENTAF, where we were, to fill desks at operation centers—larger command posts. “Well, you gotta sign up here. She’s been an Air Force Airman, a green-aproned barista, a bartender, and a stand-up comic. LAUREN HOUGH was born in Germany and raised in seven countries and West Texas.
I wasn’t angry.
Lauren Hough is the author of the viral essay, I Was A Cable Guy. I actually read the constitution. You know he’s the bad guy because he’s wearing a towel on his head. The guys were all looking at me, waiting for a reaction. I don’t have to stand out on the runway and count planes as they take off for sorties do I?”“Shit. I don’t give a shit if it’s the name your mama gave you.” He coughed again. But he shook his head and sat down on the wet tile floor. And I called my brother, Mikey. And he’d introduce me to all the rich guys who’d buy my paintings ‘cause I’d be the hot brother of a gay guy.”A skinny kid with what I thought was a bad cold because I’d never been around a coke problem came out of the men’s room.
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LAUREN HOUGH was born in Germany and raised in seven countries and West Texas. I Was A Cable Guy.
It’s not that I’d put much thought into going to Saudi.
Everyone was divided into factions.
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