Joey D. Ossian

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

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A Marine's Lapse in Synapse began taking shape in the form of notes almost 20 years ago. Notes were collected with the intention of providing a memory to the author. The idea for the book came about 12 years ago when the stories became too numerous to remember. The events were retold so often, the subject of a manuscript began to get joked about by the inner circle of main characters. Many of the notes couldn't be found, but memory served the author well. The title is appropriate, and many Marines, guardsmen, and other service men and women will attest that with just a little more thought, most of these stories could have been avoided. But then again, if the events were avoided, we wouldn't have the opportunity to enjoy this book.

EXCERPT:

I?ve been an active duty Marine, I?ve been an
Army National Guardsman, I?ve been an Air National
Guardsman and, so I?m told, I?ve always been a little
weird. If you?re among those who didn?t know that,
this book will quickly get you up to speed, so to speak,
with the knowledge, that ?he ain?t plumb with the
world?.
Since the Marine Corps is technically ?Department
of the Navy?, I consider myself to have been in every
branch of the service with exception of the Coast
Guard.
I began this book just before going over twenty
years of service. You?re probably wondering why the
word ?Marine? is in the title instead of ?Soldier? or
?Airman? or ?Squid?. Nothing against the rest, they
were good to me as well. I was a Marine first, and I?m
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most proud of that title. If you don?t understand, you?re
not a Marine, and you?re not expected to understand.
Once a Marine, always a Marine. I hope you don?t
mind that I began this book with two chapters that
occurred before I joined those leatherneck ranks. If it
makes you feel any better, I always knew that I was
going to be a jarhead.
I don?t want to admit too much here. I?m sort of the
arrogant type. I used to say, ?As much self-esteem
allowable by the Lord?, but that?s a front. Don?t
misunderstand, I think a whole lot of myself, I?m just
not as invincible as I used to be in my younger years.
Writing a book like this does many things for me.
First, it sort of scared me to think that lots of people
could find out that I really was ?out there with
Neptune? in my younger years. Mostly, It?s a box I
wanted to check off on my ?things to do before I die?
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list. I also want to claim ?author? or ?writer? on my
business card(s). I suppose I could ?claim? anything I
want. My friends poke fun at me, deservedly so,
because I continue to personally manufacture more
versions of business card for myself than anyone they
ever met. I suppose that?s a result of possibly liking
myself too much, or changing jobs too frequently.
I don?t really concern myself with making any
money off of this book, the goal is to just get it out
there. That would be good. Great would be to have a
library of congress number assigned to my work.
Making money at it would be Stellar. Being able to
retire doing this would just get me into more trouble,
but would probably provide me more material. I?m not
holding my breath......