Jody Moth makes sure soldier's lamp is okay
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Staff Sgt. Daniel Clark loved nothing more than connecting and video chatting with his wife back in the states. Not long ago, the deployed NCO came off a particularly tiring shift and called her up. That's when he saw it.
"Something big was creeping around behind her," said Clark. "I nearly panicked and yelled for her to watch out."
Clark's wife assured him that the 'something big' was nothing more than a harmless moth.
"Her explanation made sense," said Clark, "but I just had this... uneasy feeling."
While Clark didn't want to make a big deal of the situation, he also couldn't let it go. Over the next few days he did a little digging and noticed a spike in the electric bill. When he confronted his wife about it, she claimed it was probably related to the air conditioner.
"I knew right then and there she was feeding me bullshit," said Clark. "She's always griping that I crank the A.C. too low. If anything, the electric bill should've gone down."
Clark also not…
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