Now, that time frame has basically gone away, and there is no time frame, Richard Olsen, Army spokesman, Fort Stewart, Ga. (The Associated Press, July 14). In 1969, it took between 10 and 18 hours to ...

Any former member of the military knows all about a short-timers' calendar. For the rest of you, it's what one in uniform uses to help countdown the days until he or she is honorably discharged from ...

In Vietnam, every troop had his short-timer calendar, carried in his plastic wallet. These curious documents counted 365 days like weird Advent calendars, often humorous and sometimes ribald, drawn up ...