A pleasant and informative Command and General Staff College two-day “staff ride” to the Gettysburg National Battlefield came to a sad end Sunday after trip leaders were forced to cancel a planned ice cream treat to wrap up the visit.

“The battlefield study was going fine until one of the majors found out General Sherman's Sherbet was closed due to fire damage,” a CGSC professor told reporters. “Then they all started crying and talking about branch plans.”

Soldiers had been reluctant to commit to the trip from their classrooms at CGSC at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, complaining that Gettysburg is “too far,” and “We’ll spend the whole time on buses and airplanes.” One student complained he had a soccer tournament on Saturday morning.

“Major Johnson got carsick on the last staff ride!” one soldier complained. "Did not!" Johnson responded. “It was the huevos rancheros from that Alamo food truck that did it.”