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Welcome To F-Troop!
F u n ~ S a f e t y ~ K n o w l e d g e
Fort Courage, Kansas
::: Special Meeting Notice :::
THERE WILL BE NO DECEMBER MEETING
Next Chapter F meeting is January 24th
Pizza Hut across from Dillions in El Dorado the address is 729 N. Main St El Dorado KS 321-1111. As usual it will be 6:00pm to eat and 7:00pm to meet. Gene, Delores, Lajuana and I look forward to seeing you all there to enjoy the food and fellowship. If you have any questions feel free to contact Gene/Delores Shannon 316 323-4820 or Steve/Lajuan Pena 316 250-4450.
All bikers & bike makes welcome!
F Troop is set at Fort Courage, Kansas—a fictional United States Army outpost in the Old West—shortly after the American Civil War ended in 1865. Fort Courage was named for fictitious General Sam Courage who had been in the army for forty years. As there were only four generals in the regular army before the Civil War, taking 40 years to advance to the rank of general was fairly common. The show is light on historical accuracy, (e.g. the uniforms, weapons, salutes and calling a cavalry company "troop" are incorrect for the period) but heavy on character-based humor; verbal and visual gags, slapstick and burlesque comedy make up the prime ingredients of F Troop.
The commanding officer is the gallant but chronically clumsy and accident-prone Captain Wilton Parmenter, descended from a long line of distinguished military officers. He was awarded the Medal of Honor after accidentally instigating the final charge at the Battle of Appomattox. Only a private, he was ordered to fetch his commanding officer's laundry. As he rode away, pollen in the air caused him to sneeze repeatedly. A group of Union soldiers mistook his sneeze for an order to charge, turning the tide of the battle. His superiors, wishing to reward his action, promoted him to captain and—in view of his ineptitude—gave him command of remote Fort Courage, a dumping ground for the army's least useful soldiers and misfits. Of the three commanding officers at Fort Courage before Captain Parmenter, two deserted and one suffered a nervous breakdown. He was also awarded the (then non-existent) Purple Heart after he was accidentally pricked in the chest by his commanding officer while receiving the Medal of Honor - "the only soldier in history to get a medal for getting a medal."
