Even those who never served in the military are probably mindful of how unique the life of an enlisted person must be. As a veteran of seven years, I can certainly bear witness. Most could not imagine, though, that finding romance or even occasion for casual sex can, itself be an exceptional challenge.
Without fail, every time I share any of my sordid tales of intimate congress while in the Army, people are overwhelmingly shocked and enthralled. Hopefully, with this short story that I'm calling
Eros Army
I can stir up a little amusement, curiosity and lust or possibly encourage others to write about their time in service. I always welcome comments, criticism, feedback of any kind. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy.
Before you dig in... I got most of the way through with laying down the story before I realized how much exposition there was. If you are impatient and want to skip to the horny stuff, look for the '
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in breaks between paragraphs. Hope this helps.
Eros Army
The waiting, that's what always irked me. We'd spent weeks preparing, training, packing all the possible equipment we might need. Convoy brief, safety brief, there's op orders and frag orders. They wake you hours before dawn for staging, rushing you every step of the way, and here we were, waiting.
Having been a soldier for as long as I had, I was well disposed to the annoyance of coping with down time. This was an era, mind you, before electronic hand-held devices devoured spare moments between essential tasks. I wasn't much of a reader, as if that was an option. Puzzles and games were not practical. No, you had to be imaginative, keep your mind occupied, but still ever vigilant. At a moment's notice you could be obliged to do Army stuff.
Maybe it was my age. Being weeks away from my twenty first birthday and chock full of hormones; perhaps that's why my mind was always on sex. Inside my brain was like a perpetual porn library of either real or perceived intimate encounters. Given any downtime, generally I'd be picturing a woman naked and, most likely, myself penetrating said woman in any number of ways.
On this particular occasion, I had chosen a real one to relive. Just before deployment, I checked in with my very reliable fuck buddy for a roll in the hay. It was my most recent piece of carnal knowledge and was looking like it'd be my last until I was back stateside. I appreciated every second of that early August evening and revisited it regularly since being in country.
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My platoon spent an entire grueling day in the hot Texas sun packing storage containers to be shipped out ahead of the main body of troops to Kuwait. Since I was part of the torch party, I'd be deploying ahead of everybody else as well as the equipment I was preparing for delivery. This, in fact, was it for me here. In the pre-dawn hours on the next calendar day, I'd be on an eighteen-hour plane ride to the middle east.
The precious little recess, I had between the end of my workday and the mind-numbing pre-deployment activities had to be spent wisely. As for my roommate, who'd be joining me on the flight, he chose to tie one on with a couple of guys we'd usually hang with off post. Others went out for a movie or some fast food; soaking up some of the creature comforts we were to be denied in the months ahead. Me, I knew exactly where to invest my last few moments in the states.
Michelle and I had been on hiatus per our arrangement while she tried her hand at dating a guy from Delta company. She and I had been each other's constant source for nookie for over a year by then, but we kept things realistic. Neither wanted anything serious, rather we felt lucky to have someone who we could trust to meet our mutual physical needs.
Ours was a practical situation. Whenever I went home on leave, she understood I'd be banging my ex, and if she managed a random hook-up, then good for her. If either had a relationship prospect, we'd respectfully back off a while, but eventually we always ended up in each other's arms.
After work, I went straight up to my room, peeled out of my sweaty uniform and warmed up the shower. Grabbing a longneck out of the fridge, I downed most of it before jumping in the drink. I washed all the essentials thoroughly, toweled off and put on shorts and a tee shirt.
There was no sense in getting gussied up. I'd be shedding anything I was wearing in short order anyway. With the early evening breeze cooling my still wet hair and in rubber flip flops, I darted two doors down to her room and knocked.
Her hair was wet too, having probably gone through the same routine as me. She had put on a clean, brown uniform shirt and her firm, gumdrop nipples beamed through the thin cotton fabric. Though she wasn't exactly surprised to see me, I could tell it was unexpected.
"Is your roommate here?" I bluntly asked.
"No," she replied.
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