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A Marine’s Lapse in Synapse A Collection of Unbelievable, But True Short Stories By Joey D. Ossian This book is a work of non-fiction. Names and places have been changed to protect the privacy of all individuals. The events and situations are true. © 2003 by Joey D. Ossian. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the author. ISBN: 1-4107-0399-1 (e-book) ISBN: 1-4107-0400-9 (Paperback) Library of Congress Control Number: 2002096494 This book is printed on acid free paper. Printed in the United States of America Bloomington, IN 1stBooks - rev. 01/08/03 In addition to those people mentioned on the dedication page, this book is dedicated to all those men and women who have served. iii iv Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction: Life with Dad prepared me well for the military. 1 Chapter 2 My brother David (Tod): Oh, what I put him through! 17 Chapter 3 Shitbirds: Guard Duty on MCAS(H) New River, NC 46 Chapter 4 The Billys’: Life with Kevin Goddard on KMCAS, Kaneohe, HI 53 Chapter 5 Anita Blowjob: Bar Hopping with Shaner and Duco. 73 Chapter 6 Buying Chew: Rick Rangel always chipped in 83 v Chapter 7 The Antenna Farm: Abusing Mike Hoover and his pick-up. 89 Chapter 8 Damaging Personal Vehicles: The Deuce that ran over my Ventura and Terry Read’s pickup claim. 97 Chapter 9 The Hond: What Can I Say, The ‘a’ Fell Off 108 Chapter 10 Tattoo Boy and The Milkman: Satu