1st Lt Prifogle’s Blog

It’s close enough to count down now.  Count down the weeks, the days, the workouts, the miles left to run on an empty desert road.  At the chow hall we talk about the first thing we’re going to do when we get home.  What restaurant we’ll eat at, beer we’ll drink, who will be waiting […]

“Group, Atten-hut.” The Personal Security Detachment (PSD) First Sergeant (1st Sgt) calls the Marines to attention and does an about face to me. “Good morning, Ma’am.” He holds his hand up in a perfect salute.

I salute back, squinting in the burning sun. “Good morning.” I lower my hand to a […]

I overslept. I wake up and look at my clock and it’s already past 8. I didn’t go to bed particularly late, but when my alarm went off I must have turned it off in my sleep. My room is dark and I stumble to find a flashlight (recently all my lightbulbs […]

It’s 4:02 according to my little plastic alarm clock I bought at the PX over four months ago. I gave myself two minutes on purpose. I knew I’d be exhausted and hearing that god awful buzzing sound, something akin to a dying seal, at 4:02 opposed to 4:00 means I got up after […]