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My husband, who I loving refer to as “Mr. Hooah!” is not only an evil scientist (OK, he’s not evil, but I just have to add that onto the label for giggles), and a soldier, but he is also an artist. He has been keeping up a cartoon blog for the past few months. The cartoons are mostly military based (a few political) and they are based on either his experiences or stories from his buddies he has heard. There are a lot of cartoons about MREs! He once asked me for some ideas and based some cartoons on my own stories, or on stories I have heard from other military wives. I am posting a few here today and I linked the cartoons back to DBS if you are interested in taking a look around. Enjoy!
I have had to reduce the size of the cartoons for formatting reasons. Please feel free to click on them for a full view if you can’t read them as is.
This is actually pretty true for some wives. I have a friend who can identify any aircraft flying over her home because of living on bases for so long. It’s an impressive skill! She can also name just about any armor machinery by sound.
I think that nearly all wives of any MOS and rank can identify with this one. 
This idea came from a reader who heard spaghetti and meatballs called this during the Vietnam Era.
Of course this one is based on the ever present legend of Ranger Pudding. This is the part where military wives invoke their own “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. It has nothing to do with sexual orientation and everything to do with not always wanting to know exactly what they eat when they are in the field.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:28 am
On the last one, I’d have expected the explosion to come from behind and below……
I always laugh when I read the story of the Ranger who made the “gourmet dinner” out of MREs, and what it did to his date.
July 28th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Ha! He actually did one where a husband makes a gourmet anniversary dinner for his wife out of MREs. If I recall right it ended with her leaving the table and him offering to pick the kids up after he cleans the Ranger Pudding off of his face.
To this day I do not know the ingredients in Ranger Pudding. It must be some kind of a goop that has become larger than life in its legend!
July 29th, 2008 at 9:15 am
I love his cartoons - how wonderful!
August 10th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Those are great and funny!
Your hubby does a great job Claire. Just don’t let him do the cooking!:P
August 10th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Thanks! I love his cartoons too, but his fine art really melts me! He says I am biased, but I think he is pretty talented — bias or not!
Yep, and he has to stay out of the kitchen, or at least until dishes need washing!