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    A Marine's Lapse in Synapse: Part Ii: More Unbelievable, but True Short Stories
    A Marine's Lapse in Synapse: Part Ii: More Unbelievable, but True Short Stories
    A Marine's Lapse in Synapse: Part Ii: More Unbelievable, but True Short Stories
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    A Marine's Lapse in Synapse: Part Ii: More Unbelievable, but True Short Stories

    By Joey D. Ossian

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    The idea for A Marines Lapse
    in Synapse: Part Two came about while visiting with people about the first
    book. People would ask me about it, and
    say things like, Hey, did you include the part when…style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Id reply with an, Aw, shoot., or something
    close to that, and scribble down some notes.
    Since writing the first book, people have inundated me with their stories,
    feeling slightly more comfortable sharing their dark side with one of their own
    (almost as if my book had given them permission).style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Ive been asked to write their stories, and
    its tempting. Someday I might, but for
    now, Ive got enough of my own in my memory banks for a few more collections.



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    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 4, 2004
    ISBN9781414049458
    A Marine's Lapse in Synapse: Part Ii: More Unbelievable, but True Short Stories
    Author

    Joey D. Ossian

    A Native of Nebraska, Joey D. Ossian holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from the University of Nebraska.  Following ten years in education as a teacher and administrator, Ossian settled in Southeast Nebraska, where he is currently a Caseworker at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.  Ossian and his wife have three children.

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      A Marine's Lapse in Synapse - Joey D. Ossian

      A Marine’s Lapse in Synapse: Part II

      more unbelievable, but true short stories

      by

      Joey D. Ossian

      This book is a work of non-fiction. Names of people and places have been changed to protect their privacy

      © 2004, 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: 1-4140-4945-5 (e-book)

      ISBN: 1-4140-4944-7 (Paperback)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2003099375

      1stBooks – rev. 01/23/04

      ISBN: 978-1-4107-9928-9 (ebook)

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      About the Author

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      Thank You For Serving

      In addition to those people mentioned on the dedication page, this book is dedicated to all those men and women who have served.

      Praise for A Marine’s Lapse in Synapse:

      Joey, you are a very talented writer, and I enjoyed your book (except the sex part).

      -Mom

      You had me laughing out loud! I couldn’t put it down! Until I got half-way through chapter 2!

      -Wife

      I’m not sure I want to be a primary character in the next book.

      -Brother

      Entertaining, but I’m not sure I would have used my own name.

      -Dad

      I certainly don’t attribute my enjoyment of this genre to the portion of upbringing spanning the first 18 years of my life. My parents were (and still are) wonderful influences. Should any blame be in need of placing, theirs aren’t the shoulders folks should be looking to for square placement.

      Dad once told me, Don’t wish your days away, before you know it there all gone. I’m not wishing them away (well, Monday’s maybe) but I’m sort of looking into the future, and thinking about what people will say about this current time regarding what I’ve done with myself. I can imagine many voices saying something close to, Remember back in ‘02 and ‘03 when you went through that mid-life crisis?

      This has been a particularly tough year starting back about August of ‘02, especially on my wife. A lot of things piled up on her, from allegations of my misconduct at a school where I worked, looking for work and counting on ‘Guard bumming’, to a handful of negative reactions to my first book. I tried to explain to her that the events of this past year have just helped us sort out our real friends. Finding out who your real friends are has its pros and cons. Dad says you have so little time to spend with your real friends anyway, you’re better off knowing who they are.

      Explaining to the wife that she and my mother weren’t my target audience for the first book didn’t seem to help. I’ve heard that Stephen King’s mother didn’t like his first book either. As far as having a mid-life crisis goes, I don’t know what that is, or what it’s supposed to look like, and I don’t think I’m having one. I hope someday I can respond to the voices by saying, Yes, I remember those years. It was during those tough years that I found my calling, and began writing.

      A special ‘thank you’ goes out to Shu-Jen (Simon) Kuo and Dave Munichiello who helped me with the editing of the first book and Charlie Washuk who edited both the first book and this one. You can’t imagine the typos and confusion that would have occurred without their assistance.

      No book is ever completely accomplished without some help. I’d like to thank three very special individuals who made large contributions to this book. My little brother, David, provided all the details in the second half of chapter 5 regarding his meeting of the Brengman’s and the entertainment that followed. Sylvia Brengman, who could probably write a series of her own, let alone provide me with enough material for another book, gave me a great deal of information regarding the names and details that occurred in chapter 5 as well. Last, but definitely not the least, the greatest illustrator in the existence of humankind, my older brother Rick, who provided the sketches in chapter 3 on a day’s notice. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for your help.

      This book is dedicated to the memory of James Longoria and Glenn Sambor.

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      A portion of the island of Oahu, where most of these stories took place.

      Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.

      Albert Einstein

      Chapter 1

      Why I Joined the Marines: My unique experience.

      I’m not going to bore you with a whole book about Marine Corps boot camp. I’m sure you’ll read enough on that subject to hold you. I just want to give you one brief chapter about why I joined, and some of the unique (and some maybe not so unique) experiences I had while I was there.

      To begin, I was sitting in my first period class as a Senior in Tecumseh High School, Tecumseh, Nebraska. It was late fall in 1982, and my classmates and I were absent-mindedly listening to the daily announcements.

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      My senior picture, taken in the summer of 1982.

      I perked up when I heard a visitor was coming during fifth period, thinking I now had a way to cut English class. I didn’t care who it was. It could have been a representative from Clown College for all I cared. I raised my hand to be put on a list, thinking that was the end of it. Many classmates apprised me of the

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