My Tequila Adventure

Personal 3 Minutes

After making it through BT and AIT, I was one of two women selected for a special assignment to the Military District of Washington (MDW).

We settled into the brick WAC Shack at Ft. Myer, called that for obvious reasons, at Ft. Myer, VA – it was also called the Cat House because there were 2 black cats that hung out around the barracks. The women all fed and took care of them. And of course there’s that old double entendre again!

WAC Shack Black Cats

The common area on each floor contained couches, coffee tables, tables and chairs, several TVs, and vending machines for snacks. They also had vending machines with beer, sodas, juices and water. Just like a college dorm.

Carole and I were both finally assigned to a long-term program called the SDRP at the Pentagon and shared office space with 7-8 other people. That summer, the head guy asked his secretary, Sylvia, to plan an outing for everyone – a dinner cruise on the riverboat Dandy. Fancy meal, cruising down the river, gazing at the lights of DC, music playing, dancing, with the partner of our choice or none at all – I wasn’t seeing anyone at the time. Sounded delightful! But it was a BYOB – they couldn’t pay for alcohol.

I bought a bottle of Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila – I cracked it and had one shot, capped it and stashed it in my wall locker until the party – expensive shit for a lowly little PFC!! I promptly forgot about it – it was several weeks yet before the party. At some point in the next week or so, the 1st Sergeant called a surprise inspection of our wing of the barracks.

Late that morning, Sylvia waved me over and said in a low key voice…”You have a call from the CSM at MDW and he doesn’t sound happy!” Uh-oh! So I picked up the phone and the first thing I heard was, “PFC Atkins, please do NOT tell me you had a bottle of tequila in your wall locker!”

Uh…..”yes CSM.” “Were you not aware, PFC Atkins, that you are NOT allowed to have alcohol beverages in your wall locker?” “No, CSM.” Deep sigh….”PFC Atkins, report to the 1st Seargeant at Ft. Meyer no later than 4 pm today.” “Yes, CSM.”

I was scared to death – oh, fuck! I was in BIG trouble. One did NOT want to face the 1st SGT!!!! So, off I went on the bus from the Pentagon to Ft. Myer. I presented myself to his secretary and was ushered into his office. I marched over and stood at attention in front of his desk.

(Not me but that style of uniform)

He toyed with me – oh, man, did he EVER toy with me! Question after question after question, reading me the riot act. All the while, I was “Yes, 1st Sergeant’ing” continuously. After I explained, in detail, the cruise that Col. Miller had arranged for us, he then turned to the tequila.

Hmmm, he said, “Cuervo Gold – that’s good tequila!” “Yes, 1st SGT.” “That’s expensive tequila!” “Yes, 1st SGT.” “That bottle has barely been cracked!” “Yes, 1st SGT.” “Sure would be a shame to pour it out!” “YES, 1ST SGT!”

Meanwhile, he’s walking over to the sink (oh, shit!) and starts to uncap it and tip it over the sink. Watching me all the while. Azzwipe!!! He then stopped, capped the bottle, returned to his desk and told me never, ever to have liquor in my wall locker again. He was willing to turn the bottle over to a family member or friend from off-base who would keep it for me until the party.

The only acceptable person I knew was Sylvia, from the office. She graciously agreed to come with me on the bus to Ft. Meyer, collect the bottle directly from the 1st SGT, and hold it for me until the party.

We returned to the Pentagon – she took that bottle of tequila and stashed it in the safe behind her desk!!!! That is where it remained until the party.

SMDH – can’t have the danged thing in my wall locker but we COULD store it in the safe, with all of the classified documents, at the Pentagon!!!!!

WHO KNEW!!??!!??

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  5. we are back!
    ran some errands, had lunch at the little diner…great steak sandwiches–we both brought half home!
    now just gonna look at the pond and see if any of the fish are alive and hungry…brb

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  8. Holy cow! I record “The UnXplained” with Shatner whenever it’s on – this episode I’m watching is about Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. Man, that guy was intelligent! He had an IQ over 160!!!!! Graduated Harvard at the age of 20…..what a fricking waste!!!!

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  11. EXCERPT: “Leftists who attack innocent bystanders with false claims of racism – and worse – have been put on notice by an appeals court in Ohio that ruled Oberlin College has to pay a record $31 million to a bakery it defamed – as racist.

    The Washington Examiner documented the ruling from the three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Ohio. It was Gibson’s Bakery, a 135-year-old family business near the Oberlin campus, itself a longtime bastion of liberalism in the state, that sued after the college orchestrated a false campaign of claims of racism.

    The legal team representing the family-owned business revealed the liberal agenda, “At trial, it was absolutely clear to the jury (as reflected by the verdict) that there was not a shred of truth in the vicious statements about the Gibsons and that the college caused the devastating harm.”

    The college’s attacks on the business came after a 2016 incident when the son of the bakery owner confronted three black Oberlin students who were stealing wine from the store. The suspects were arrested and then admitted they were shoplifting, but the school responded with sanctions against the bakery, false claims of racism, and worse, and eventually crippled the store’s business.

    The jury initially awarded the bakery more than $40 million in punitive and compensatory damages. That total was reduced later to $25 million, but there now has been added some $6 million in legal fees.”

    https://www.wnd.com/2022/04/leftist-college-must-pay-family-defamed-31-million-appeals-court-says/

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  12. Hmmmm….I initially thought, “Seriously? THAT case is still dragging on???” The Clerk who was punished for not being willing to issue a marriage permit to same-sex couples…..but as I got further into it…..this could have MUCH bigger implications….to wit:

    EXCERPTS: “A years-long legal fight involving a county clerk in Kentucky who is a Christian, and who was jailed by a leftist judge when the Supreme Court abruptly created so-called same-sex “marriages” for the entire nation last decade, is heading up to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals now.
    ———————
    It was when Bevin took office in December 2015, he immediately issued an executive order accommodating all Kentucky clerks who refused to issue marriage licenses that conflicted with their religious beliefs. The Supreme Court’s creation of that same-sex “marriage” status had been only months earlier.

    And after Bevin’s issuance of the religious accommodation, the Kentucky General Assembly in April unanimously passed legislation that provided accommodation for clerks who object to issuing marriage licenses that conflict with their religious beliefs.

    Nevertheless, the same-sex duos sued Davis, and she remains tied up in court because of Bunning’s claim that the newly created same-sex “marriage” was a clearly established precedent.
    ——————–
    The case already has been to the Supreme Court once, in 2020, but the court denied review because the case at that time was only concerning the issue of sovereign immunity.

    Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, however, appeared to invite a return of the arguments, because although they agreed not to hear the case at that point, they said the petition “implicates important questions about the scope of our decision in Obergefell…”

    That was the case through which the justices, 5-4, created same-sex “marriage” in a ruling that Chief Justice John Roberts said was unconnected to the Constitution and other justices warned of the ramifications.

    Since then, gay, lesbian and transgender activists have filed a long list of cases against Christians, Christian businesses and Christian organizations – contending that they now have to adopt and endorse that ideology to conform to the Supreme Court’s ruling.”

    https://www.wnd.com/2022/04/clerk-punished-christian-beliefs-appeals-court/

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