Deranged Sarge Provides Relief Through Humor (con't)

Radio Shack as a store manager, chose to put his medical training to good use as an EMT.

Not all of Murotake's stories are humorous - there are the stories about [the] patient experiencing the "white pain" of cancer, the stories of patients with psychiatric problems ("Some of them are hysterically funny. There was the guy [who] honest to God thought he was being called by King Tut," said Murotake), the 13-year-old girl who needed an organ transplant (and who led Murotake to become an organ donor because of his experience with her), and stories of tragedy in his own life (he doesn't talk much about those) - but his gift is being able to find the humor in just about every situation he comes across, and being able to translate that humor into a good story.

His experience being an EMT led him to work for a special events first aid company, which led him to an event where the Army National Guard recruiting tent was located. "It was set up in a command post tent, made of cotton duck. There's something about cotton duck ... got too close again ... and all of a sudden all of these memories, all the good ones, not the bad ones, started to return, things like camaraderie.

"I knew more about people that I had worked with in the Army in one year ... I worked for this one company for 10 years and didn't know a third of what went on in their lives. I knew everything there was to know about my Army buddies within six months," Murotake pointed out. "I actually missed that."

So, it was back to the military life for Murotake, and out to Camp Roberts, but that isn't the end of the story, not as long as the Sarge at Large keeps electronic quill in hand and Camp Bob keeps rolling soldiers in and out its gates. To read the humorous goings-on at the Camp, visit www.sargeatlarge.com.

Wow -- what a NICE bunch of folks!