It’s me! Chris! Well, here I am at Fort Campbell, KY.., and I thought I’d drop a line since I missed most of you when I was on leave. Right now I’m sitting at this neat little café…. “The Retro Caffe.” (There are two f’s there.) The first coffee house in Clarksville, TN. Whew. They let me read poetry on Tues. and Fri. nights, here.
Army life is treating me all right. Well, at least the pay is steady. They even let me fly helicopters, every once in a while (not officially, of course). Tomorrow, I get to jump out of an airplane, getting paid $330.00 to do so. I get to play with expensive toys that make outrageously loud noises. They even let me sleep in to well past five in the morning! They’re talking about sending me to the field for a month, to live in a tent, backpack half the forests of Southern U.S.A. The only real differences between there and Mini trips are: I wear a uniform, no canoes involved, and we don’t have “The Spoon.” Of course Army cooks are slightly less talented than Doug. But hey, if it gets too bad, I’ll break out an M.R.E. (meal ready to eat) and be living the highlife!
I’m outta here,
Chris Wilmont