Personal Narrative Essay: A Short Story

It was a warm, sticky, and humid Friday evening in late August at Marine Corps Base Kaneohe, Hawaii. I had just got done, turning in my M-16 at the armory and was told that we were off work and the word for Monday was 0545 PT (physical training). I dreaded the walk with my 65 pound pack back to the barracks and up the 3 flights of stairs. Then I could lock my pack away and finally get a shower because after hiking 6 miles from 0430 to 1030 in 70-80 degree weather wasn’t fun. After I got to my room and out of the shower Sergeant Brown and Lance Corporal Barbie came knocking at my door. They barked get dressed “Boot” we are having a case race. I knew then that tonight was going to get crazy and out of hand fast. After all case races are always a good time the rules are simple people pair up in teams of 2 and the goal is to finish you 30 can case of beer first without puking or falling asleep. There is never really any prize for the winning pair except the bragging rights to be able to call everyone else any kind of slanderous phases you can come …show more content…
We get to the 7 day and I see everyone there that will be in the case race that night: Sergeant Brown and his partner Lance Corporal Barbie, Lance Corporal Pettie and Mireles, and the last team Lance Corporal Coins and Lance Corporal McVay. I choose my favorite beer Coors light, because after all I haven’t lost when drinking it yet. We race back over to the barracks and I stuff 20 beers from the 30 pack in my fridge and then Oliva stuffs the other 10 in his fridge. Now it has been proven I can drink 8 beers for everyone else is 6 so this race is really mine to