One of the best books I've read lately is Smith College Never Taught Me How To Salute. It is the hilarious tell of a newly wed wife to an Air Force First Lieutenant and their first assignment together at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
The back cover sums the book up well by stating, "It is a warm heartfelt look at the funny, crazy, and wonderful life of young marrieds in the fifties and that era's long lost innocence". However, It is almost exactly like Laughlin Air Force Base today! I have belly laughed over and over again at how I've gone through the same obstacles Ann went through. Granted Ann in the 1950's and me in 2008!
One of my favorite quotes from the book is, "...for Sheppard was certainly on the outskirts of town, two miles to the north in fact. It was like a children's wing added onto a house. You put it close enough you can keep an eye on the little ruffians, but keep it far enough away so they wouldn't mix a lot with the grownups'. 
Here is the main gate of Laughlin, 10 miles west of Del Rio, Texas. If you are an Air Force Wife and if you are stationed in Texas, have been FAIP'ed, or just want a good laugh as you sympathise with Ann Combs, military wife, read this book! I looked it up and found it on Amazon for used starting at $1.33. Pretty good deal, better grab your copy fast!
Here is the main gate of Laughlin, 10 miles west of Del Rio, Texas. If you are an Air Force Wife and if you are stationed in Texas, have been FAIP'ed, or just want a good laugh as you sympathise with Ann Combs, military wife, read this book! I looked it up and found it on Amazon for used starting at $1.33. Pretty good deal, better grab your copy fast! This post brought to you by the letter M.
Thanks M for sharing this book with me!
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i'm definitely going to have to read that book!!!
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