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Bonus: Death, Sex and Money - What Military Service During “Peacetime” is Really Like

What's Ray Saying? by Ray Christian

Aug 20, 202552:04Arts

We want to share with you this special episode of Death, Sex & Money , a Slate podcast. Ray joins host Anna Sale to share why he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1978, what it was like serving in the years between major conf...

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